Students at TVET colleges are faced with a challenge as underfunded colleges affect learning.
Students and staff have lodged several complaints about the operation and treatment within these institutions as they have failed to provide adequate learning to students due to being underfunded.
One of the institutions which have been severely affected by this is the Durban TVET colleges.
” We are underfunded. With the money that we get from government, we strike a balance between the six Durban campuses that we have”, said Nkosinathi Mchunu, college principal of eThekwini TVET college.
Other problems which were brought forward included; lack of safety for students, poor infrastructure, a short number of senior lecturers and outdated school equipment.
The Principal of eThekwini college also mentioned the poor conditions of equipment which they use.
“It is beyond our control. We have spent so much money on fencing but there are still openings,” he said. “We have raised the issue with the municipality, some days they will come and clear up the rubbish but it will be back there again in a day or two.”
