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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004–12, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
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A technikon was a non-university higher
education institution, in South Africa, focusing on vocational education.
explanatory
context
Since 2004, there has been a gradual process of in which technikons in South Africa have changed
their status. F
analytical
review
The Committee
of Technikon Principals, (2001) state that technikons:
are higher education institutions that
provide and promote, in co-operation with the private and public sectors,
quality career and technology education and research for the developmental
needs of a transforming South Africa and the changing world. As institutions of
technological higher education, their tertiary educational programmes cover a
variety of specialised occupations and careers in the applied engineering;
biological, chemical and physical sciences; and applied commercial sciences;
humanities, arts and teacher education.
Technikons/Universities of Technology are
renowned for their career-focused, hands-on approach to education and training.
Their interface with industry has enabled them to structure courses with
practical applications and to deliver graduates with knowledge that is
immediately relevant in the workplace. Technikons/Universities of Technology,
as a specific education sector and also as an integral part of higher
education, have a unique and important contribution to make with regard to the
challenges facing South Africa, particularly within the framework of
reconstruction and development. The development of the required human
resources, and appropriate expertise development through research and
development, is central to all endeavours.
In South Africa, Technikons/Universities
of Technology are the equivalent of universities of technology, technological
universities, technical universities or institutes of technology found in
countries such as the USA, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Hungary; the
Hogescholen in Belgium and the Netherlands; or the Fachhochshule [sic] in
Germany. Technikons/Universities of Technology are administered along with the
other traditional universities in South Africa, by the Higher Education Branch
of the National Department of Education.
related terms
See
also
sources
Committee of Technikon Principals (CTP),
2001, What is A Technikon?,
http://www.technikons.co.za/whatistech/techintro.html