{"id":295637,"date":"2026-01-22T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/?p=295637"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:27:14","slug":"welkom-academic-guides-good-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/welkom-academic-guides-good-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Welkom academic guides good work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was a momentous occasion when Dr Dayce Makakole Chuene was bestowed her PhD qualification after completing her thesis on &#8220;The Failure of Community Education and Training Colleges to Develop Employment Skills Among Adult Education Students in Limpopo&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She completed her doctoral studies through the University of South Africa (Unisa) under the rigorous supervision of Prof. Masilonyana Motseke, a distinguished academic from Welkom.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through her research, she investigated the failure of community colleges in Limpopo to equip students with vocational skills that would enable them to secure employment or create entrepreneurial opportunities.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"270351\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/five-dead-five-injured-in-n1-head-on-collision-near-winburg\/education_schools\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education_Schools.png\" data-orig-size=\"1187,559\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Education_Schools\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education_Schools-1024x482.png\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education_Schools-1024x482.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education_Schools-1024x482.png 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education_Schools-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education_Schools-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education_Schools.png 1187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her findings revealed that the colleges and their learning centres taught only high school subjects, without providing the practical skills required for employment. 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