08 Apr 2014

One hundred and three vehicles were fixed during the 2013/14 financial year which benefited 69 students.

The Minister of Transport and Communications, Mr Nonofo Molefhi said his ministry entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Education and Skills Development to involve technical colleges in the repair and maintenance of government vehicles.

He said the MoU which was signed in August 2013 was to allow CTO and the Department of Technical and Vocational Education Training (DTVET) to work together as part of learning and enhancing the skills of the students. 

He said in the arrangement CTO diagnoses the faults on the vehicle and stipulates work to be carried out and releases the vehicle together with spare parts to be used during the training and repair by DTVET institutions.

Mr Molefhi said some of the institutions engaged are Okavango, Gweta, Ngethu, Madiba, Ghanzi brigades and Maun Technical College whilst others were still preparing to start this financial year.

Shoshong MP, Mr Phillip Makgalemele had asked the minister to state progress made in the rollout of a programme that involves students fixing government vehicles as part of their training and the number of vehicles fixed in 2013/14 and projections for the 2014/15 financial year. Ends