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COMMUNICATING AGRICULTURAL TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION AND TRAINING (ATVET)
Tertius Schoeman, the agricultural transformation
and development manager at Cotton SA, attended a
workshop recently on ATVET Private Sector Engagement.
The workshop was organised by the Department
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), in
association with the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO), in Johannesburg. The main
purpose was to communicate the vocational education
and training (VET) strategy for agriculture, forestry
and fisheries of DAFF to the private sector, commodity
organisations and training institutions.
Mario Botha.
The urgent need for training in the agricultural sector
not only in South Africa but also in Africa at large,
was a concern throughout the workshop. A new set of
strategic objectives was workshopped by the delegates
and resolutions were passed on issues of performance,
relevance, workplace-based training and financing of
ATVET systems. Cotton SA would like to see the Tompi
Seleka ATVET College in Mpumalanga become a
registered AgriSETA training entity. It is a vibrant and
fully functional institution situated in the vicinity of a
large number of smallholder cotton farmers who could
benefit from the training Cotton SA provides. Tertius Schoeman at the workshop.

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