Certificate backlog will not be cleared for at least 1 year
10 June 2015
In today’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training it was revealed that that massive backlog of certificates owed to Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) graduates would not be cleared in the next year.
More than 103 000 certificates have still not been issued to TVET graduates, some going back as far as 2007.
Government's role should be to empower young people with opportunities to lead successful lives. By with-holding qualifications, thousands of graduates are deprived of the dignity and independence that comes with finding work after graduation.
Dr Setumo Mohapi, the CEO of the SITA which provides IT services to all government departments, and who is tasked with producing the certificates, committed to clearing the backlog in the next 12 months.