FETs failing on skills training

THE role of further education and training (FET) colleges in skills development was highly questionable, the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) said yesterday. This had emerged in its latest South Africa survey, the organisation said. FET colleges fail to be efficient and meaningful skills training institutions despite the fact that by March 2008, some R595million had been spent on improving them, said SAIRR researcher Marius Roodt. In 2007/2008, the pass rate was 35 percent and...