Ehlanzeni TVET college- Mapulaneng campus

Today we mourn the death Of one of our former student activist of Ehlanzeni TVET college, Bongani Deadrick Khoza.

Bonga was involved in a car accident yesterday before dawn.

More information will follow..

May his Soul Rest in Peace.

To all Level 2 portential students you are urged to come and write a selection test tomorrow(08/01/2018) at 8h30.

Share this message to everyone.
Good luck!!!

NOTICE TO ALL RETURNING STUDENTS:

Since redoing of registration documents is expensive you are adviced to bring your copy of ID for registration.

You can only bring the five documents(ID copy of self, ID copies of parents/guardian, proof of residence, proof of houshild income and copy of academic results) when applying for NSFAS.

Thank you

Happy new year to all Group members and students

Please note the following information:

1. Results will be released later today from the DHET and will be available for viewing on campus on the 9th of January 2018

2. Registration will comerce on the 9th of January for new students then returning students until the 12th January 2018 and Registration fee is Free

3. Classes will commerce on the 15th of January 2018

4. NSFAS will open for Re-application on the 3rd until 28th of January 2018

5. We advice all portential and returning students to have the following documents for registration;
A) Certified copy of ID
B) Certified copy of ID/birth certificates of all household members
C) Copy of academic results
D) proof of income including an affidavit or pension slips
5) proof of residence (do not fake)

NB: first come first served system will be used for all portential new students including students from other colleges.

Dear NCV students Please note that on Monday you are writing Maths paper 1 and 2. The time table will be pasted after writing.

What makes our institutions of higher learning to be fallacy its the lack of understanding policies.

The TVET sector has good policies but the people employed do not understand on how to interpret these policies which makes it difficult for students also to understand policies that governs then.

Students you are advised to make a follow up on your tuition fee since majority of students receive accommodation and transport allowances but they have not signed anything with NSFAS.

NB: Getting allowances of transport or accommodation does not make you a beneficiary of NSFAS therefor you will be owing the college tuition fee.

It has been 3 days since all campuses have shutten down and these are the facts that I'm bringing.

Engineering nated students are loosing their time to start classes because in some campuses students have not registered and lectures have not been payed for 3 months.

NCV students have not started with their internal exams and after completing their isats they were never given time to study for the internal like in my campus students finished on thursday to do their isats and by monday they were suppose to write on this week monday.

Business nated wrote their test 1 and they are soon to write their test 2 and internal exams.

Its been 3 months to majority of students and 9 months to some students without any assistance of nsfas allowances.

The college exhausted its funding due to negligent and areogance not to mebtion underming the SRC.

CONCLUSION

As the college and regional leadership we are lobbying all campus to speak in one voice and we propose that all upcoming tasks (tests and internal exam) be written in group discussions so that we can all qualify to write our final exams rather than waitingfor the final exam and we start complaining about not qualifying.

Let us also remember that our issue is not only allowances but allowances is the main priority. Other issues include lack of learning materils, lectures who can't lecture properly, educational tours and a lot of issues that cant be writen using a phone.

Alluta continue💪💪💪💪💪

To: SASCO Branch Executive Committees
Ehlanzeni Region

Cc: Campus Management, College Council, College Management,
Campus SRC and College SRC

From: Regional Executive Committee
SASCO Ehlanzeni

Date: 11 September 2017

Subject: SASCO Regional Statement on the financial crises and corruption in Ehlanzeni TVET College

Receive our Revolutionary Greetings in a month where South Africa celebrates its Heritage Month on the 24th of September 2017.
The Regional Executive Committee (REC) of SASCO has noted with grave concern the brutal conditions which our Students are forced to live underneath across the Ehlanzeni TVET College.
Background
On the 23rd of June 2017 SASCO of Ehlanzeni Region invited the College Management and College Council to a meeting to discuss Financial crises of the College which only the College council avail itself for the discussion, The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the Financial Status quo of the College and other issues affecting Students of Ehlanzeni TVET College with regards to their well being as Students in various Campuses, The meeting went very well in exception of College management on which the meeting resolved to meet college management within seven working days which up to date we are yet to meet them, The meeting learned that the is serious mismanagement of funds by Central management.
We are reminded of the appalling conditions that many Students are faced with, on their pursued to obtain Higher Education Qualification.as SASCO we are members of the Community before we are students, therefore it is important that the microcosm of society within which we exist must be used as training ground for the broader transformation of society not this barbaric conditions we are held bent and forced to live underneath.
NSFAS AND FINANCIAL CRISES
SASCO must express its utter disgust and dismay, at the developments or lack of conscious with regard to Students allowances from NSFAS administered by the College, due to lack of humility by our incumbent officials Students are left with no choice but to be vulnerable on their virtue to obtain Academic Excellency, such imposed barbaric behaviour has caused many students to sleep in police stations, churches ,libraries, garages and toilets without food, many students are unable to survive such harsh conditions return home disappointed and despondent. The pinnacle of NSFAS Allowance is the late payment to Students who reside in residences, own accommodation and those who rely on the money to be assisted with Transport which makes Students not to attend classes as required by the NSFAS guidelines, such scourge of transport and accommodation insecurities in our various Campuses has exacerbated by late and non payments of NSFAS Allowances.yet again poor students are expected to compete with their rich classmates whilst nursing an empty stomach on a daily basis while trying to concentrate meaningful and give maximum concentration in class. Report 191 Engineering and Business studies students fall victims of financial maladministration since they have to register twice or thrice a year as of now new students in report 191 engineering will not be enrolled since the is no financial assistance thus it contradicts the government call for the public to consider TVET sector as an answer to the national skills crises.

ACADEMICS
We have identified with great concern the stupidity of our College in terms of supporting students in achieving their academic excellence, which is the students fundamental goal to succeed, and College management is doing nothing to assist Students to achieve their primary goals, There are no Educational tours. workshops and libraries have turned into white horses and students are exposed to high failure rate since the are no equitable tools to do assignments and researches. We have seriously observed that their children are given VIP treatment in Universities such as Witswaterstrand in Gauteng and University of Pretoria while children of the poor of the poorest are exposed to the unruly and unethical conditions imposed by College management and NSFAS Officials. 2017 Academic year has been engulfed with protest each and every month in all corners where Ehlanzeni TVET College is situated due to lack of willingness by management to come up with a clear funding model for Students, Students are forced to abscond themselves from classes which is the results of not having proper and clear funding model.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Since 2014 Ehlanzeni TVET College has detoriated in terms of infrastructure development in our Various Campuses, Mthimba and Kanyamazane Campus are similar to a crèche where Takalani Sesame is usually conducted to by Nannies. Barberton,Nelspruit, Mlumati and Mapulaneng Campus are also connived with the very same situation which even a toddler would not allow to be fed in lecture halls of this institutions. Our campuses reminds us of the then Apartheid regime where blacks were not allowed to be seen in nice and condusive places rather be seen in filthy and undermining environments. One will not be able to separate our campuses with military base wherein all sorts of massive explosives are found in. It is within our understanding as Ehlanzeni Region that those who are entrusted with high responsibilities to sharpen the future of our young people are now indoctrinated with high level of dishonesty and disobedience to the call for free and fair quality Education. In all parts of Ehlanzeni TVET Campuses the is no campus development yet everyday tenders are awarded to incompetent friends of management, in some campuses toilets are given preferred and maximum security such that they are bar glared with door bar glared instead of giving security to students.
As the region we fully support the SRC initiative to shut down all campuses of Ehlanzeni TVET college.

RECCOMMENDATIONS
We recommend that since the above issues are not for the first time brought in to your attention be attended to within 72hours. We recommend that those who are residing in private organised residences be given contracts for the months that are left in order for the services to continue provided to students. Those who are travelling, Bus tickets be bought using the little funds available to assist students to be in Campus in due time and be able to write Final and preparatory examination. Those who resides within Campus residences be given maximum support for catering and condusive environment.We call upon the department of higher Education and Training ministry to pay a special visit to Ehlanzeni TVET College before the end of this Academic year. We also recommend that Students Support Officers be reminded of their daily duties in various Campuses since students are not assisted in any case by Students Support Officers. We demand to see the College and Campuses Strategic planning for various Campuses. We would also like to be given the College Council Recommendations on the current situation of the College. We also recommend that all Campuses which are having Campus residences be renovated starting from next month in preparations for them to be fully functioned in the next academic year.
ALUTA CONTINUA
AMANDLA

Issued by RWC Of Ehlanzeni Region
Odas Shongwe Chaiperson
071 578 2244
Sibusiso Nkosi Secretary
076 367 7357

Registration for second semester business studies will commerce on the 17th of July 2017 from 8am to 2:30pm

Attention SASCO members and friends of SASCO

Registration for second semester opens on the 17th of July 2017