Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
Question by:
Hon Trudy Dijana
Answered by:
Hon Anton Bredell
Question Number:
10
Question Body:
Whether his Department have plans or programmes to recruit skilled people; if not, why not; if so, (a) how, (b) when (c) where and (d) what are the outcomes of the recruitment?
Answer Body:
Yes.
- Bursaries are given for external students studying in the various scarce skills of the department (Town and Regional Planning, Environmental Officers, GISc Technicians). We advertise the bursaries at the various tertiary institutions and also in the newspapers. The Department has an agreement with University of Cape Town, where the top scoring student in the Town and Regional Planning class are given an opportunity to do a 6 – 12 month Internship.
- Annually at approximately September / October
- We advertise the bursaries at the various tertiary institutions and also in the newspapers.
Students are employed after obtaining the qualifications in order to obtain experience and work back their bursary obligations.
Date:
Friday, June 12, 2015
