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Question 1
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Read the following statements and indicate true if you agree with the statement and false if
you don't agree.
1.1 Formal vocational education and training in Zimbabwe started with the Brigade
movement in 1963.
1.2 The formal TVET system in South Africa allows universities to accept students without
matric but with a National Certificate Vocation (NCV) level 4.
1.3 In Australia, the vocational education and training system is also known as the dual
training system.
1.4 The main characteristic of the dual training system of Germany is the cooperation
between mainly small and medium sized companies, on the one hand, and publicfunded
vocational schools on the other hand.
1.5 The Russian System of Mechanical Arts was based on breaking down skills into smaller
steps and then teaching each of these steps in the appropriate order or sequence.
1.6 Vocational teachers and trainers in Germany are involved in the theoretical part of TVET
that is taught in schools, while trainers are responsible for the practical component in
companies.
1.7 Since 2016 the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology in
Zimbabwe, adopted the Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET) training
system to produce practically orientated graduates from public and non-government
TVET institutions.
1.8 Public Further Education Training (FET)colleges in South Africa started changing its name
to TVET colleges, since the FET colleges already focused on the same kind of skills
development that TVET is meant to promote.
1.9 Technical and Further Education (TAFE) is the largest provider of post-secondary
education in Australia.
1.10 One of the main aims of the Namibian TVET Act, Act No 1 of 2008 was to establish the
Namibia Training Authority, the Board of the Namibia Training Authority and the National
Training Fund.
(10 X 2 = 20)
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