Interview preparation

1. BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A
SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, THE
PRIVATE SECTOR AND CIVIL
SOCIETY
A Strategic Approach
Presented by: Ms. L.N. Amunyela
(Head of Trainee Support, NTA)

2. Introduction
• One of the objects of the Vocational
Education and Training Act No.1 of 2008 is to
establish and maintain a sustainable
partnership between government, the private
sector and civil society to resource the
provision of vocational education and
training.
• As a result, there is need to develop
strategies to BUILD and MAINTAIN such
partnerships

3. What is the nature of partnerships we want to
create?
The best starting point for developing these strategies is
to know exactly the ideal partnerships we want to create
between NTA and related parties (government, private
sector and civil society).
Government
Private Sector
Civil Society
NTA
Skilledlabour
Trainerscertification
Trainers
Employment

4. NTA and Government
NTA wants commitment from the government towards
providing the VET Funding while NTA should create value to
justify the need for funding, in essence NTA should provide
results. To achieve this partnership, the following strategies
are proposed:
• NTA should ensure they provide progress report to the
government regarding their activities like the number of
enrolments, number of graduates etc. this will show their
dedication towards the task at hand hence government can
fund with confidence
• Ensuring there is quality control at VTCs in order to produce
the skilled worker. This entails that the training processes
adopted by the VTCs must meet set standards.

5. NTA and Private Sector
NTA accredits training providers and programs while at the
same time ensuring the VTCs produce skilled workforce for
the private sector. On the other hand the private sector ought
to provide competent trainers & create jobs for the trainees.
For such a working partnership to grow and be sustainable,
the following strategies are proposed:
• NTA, through various mediums (workshops, expos etc),
should inform the private sector, specifically training
providers about the importance of the NTA accreditation to
them as providers in producing employable trainees
• NTA can develop an award system that rewards outstanding
training providers annually based on the nature of their
training programs & their facilities

6. NTA and Civil Society
The civil society requires NTA to produce skilled
labour as a sign of proper usage of the VET Fund
whereas NTA requires contributions from the civil
society by engaging the civil society in strategic
planning and other processes of NTA. Such a
relationship can be built and maintained by
following these proposed strategies:
• NTA should always strive to create regular
platforms for dialogue with civil society. These
can be in the form of monthly stakeholder
meetings, social media discussions etc.

7. Conclusion
Sustainable partnerships between NTA and
government, civil society & private sector are
essential for the achievement of the mandate of
the VET Act. Building and maintaining such
partnerships requires understanding each
partner and as the head of Trainee support, I
will ensure the above strategies are
implemented and developed further