‘The benefits would be sharing good practice be cause I think there are things to be learnt from both sides.’ X April Carrol, New College Stamford principal. TEL: 058 3035411
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THE United Kingdom (UK) delegates, specifically of the New College Stamford, recently visited the Maluti TVET College in Phuthaditjhaba, Qwaqwa. In the photo the Maluti TVET College management pose with the New College Stamford management. From the left are Izett van Heerden (Maluti TVET College deputy principal: student support), Kehilwe Manzini (Maluti TVET College deputy principal: corporate), Motlalepula Tsotetsi (Maluti TVET College deputy principal: academics), April Carrol (New College Stamford principal), Gary McPartland (director of learning:creative and technical industries at the New College Stamford) and Bobby Upple (director of East Midlands Further Education Council (EMFEC) and ABC Awards) at the Kwetlisong TVET College in Qwaqwa. Photo: Tladi Moloi
Colleges take hands
Partnership between Maluti and Stamford to the benefit of both
} Tladi Moloi PHUTHADITJHABA. – The management of the Maluti Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College is hoping to secure a partnership with the New College Stamford in the United Kingdom (UK). This comes after representatives of the college visited the Maluti TVET’s Qwaqwa campus for three days starting on 11 February. According to April Carrol, the New College Stamford principal,
they visited Maluti because they wanted to learn about the South African experience. She added they wanted a knowledge exchange programme so that the South African college principal, students and the staff could learn from them. “We are trying to develop a mutually beneficial partnership,” she said. Carrol said through the partnership their original proposal was to focus on construction. “However, we are going to look at everything Maluti does and we
may choose different curriculum areas to focus on, such as Hospitality or Tourism – areas which are important in our strategic focus in the UK. The benefits would be sharing good practice because I think there are things to be learnt from both sides. “We focus a lot on the students’ experience and the quality of learning and we focus on developing the students’ employability skills. We don’t want the students to have technical skills only, but also to be able to communicate
and be able to work as a team,” she said. She said they had chosen Maluti because there were a lot of similarities between Maluti and the New College Stamford. “They want to be the college of choice and we also want that. Our mission is all-around excellence. After our visit we will be giving the presentation to the British Council to indicate the areas we think we could work in together,” she said. She said she hoped the student exchange programme would take
place in the near future and that students of the college could visit the UK. Motlalepula Tsotetsi, the Maluti TVET College deputy principal: academics, said the students would surely benefit should the partnership continue. “We will share our best practices with the UK. We looked at construction the last time we spoke to them. After going around all the colleges, however, we thought about continuing with construction or a subject that they thought might be better.”