Continuing Education and Training Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006)NoticesNational Policy on Community CollegesSection 4: Principles Underpinning the Establishment of Community Education and Training Colleges |
| 4.1 | The establishment and operations of Community Education and Training Colleges must be founded on a set of principles, which, when construed as a collective, should define what Community Education and Training Colleges are about. Accordingly, the following principles must underpin the establishment and declaration of Community Education and Training Colleges: |
| (a) | Expansion of access to education and training to all youth and adults, especially those who have limited opportunities for structured learning, including learners with disabilities; |
| (b) | Diversification and transformation of institutions that promote the goals and objectives of a progressive socio-economic agenda; |
| (b) | Provision of good quality formal and non-formal education and training programmes; |
| (c) | Provision of vocational training that prepares people for participation in both the formal and informal economy; |
| (d) | Close partnerships with local communities, including local government, civil Society Organisations, employers' and workers' organisations and alignment of programmes with their needs; |
| (e) | Partnerships with government's community development projects; |
| (f) | Local community participation in governance; and |
| (g) | Collaboration and articulation with other sections of the post-school system. |