False Bay College
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False Bay College is located in Cape Town
, South Africa
.
False Bay College forms part of the band of education known as further education and training (FET). They offer FET courses from NQF levels 2 to 4. Eighty per cent of courses are in this band, and 20 per cent are on higher education and adult basic education and training (ABET). The college was formed in 2002 through the merger of two Cape Town technical colleges
They focus on courses that are relevant to their location, while positioning themselves nationally to be the leaders in various niche areas. They have identified and created programmes to develop scarce skills that have urgent national priority, such as science and technology.
The Centre for Science and Technology, for example, prepares disadvantaged school-goers for university
, by teaching mathematics
, physical science
, biology
, and computer studies
. This full-time three-year programme is offered in both English
and the students’ home language, Xhosa
. They have had an astounding 100% pass rate for four years running.
Another way the college is helping to develop appropriate skills is by setting up a National Boat-Building Academy. The leisure boat-building industry approached them to establish this academy.
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
False Bay College forms part of the band of education known as further education and training (FET). They offer FET courses from NQF levels 2 to 4. Eighty per cent of courses are in this band, and 20 per cent are on higher education and adult basic education and training (ABET). The college was formed in 2002 through the merger of two Cape Town technical colleges
They focus on courses that are relevant to their location, while positioning themselves nationally to be the leaders in various niche areas. They have identified and created programmes to develop scarce skills that have urgent national priority, such as science and technology.
The Centre for Science and Technology, for example, prepares disadvantaged school-goers for university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
, by teaching mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, physical science
Physical science
Physical science is an encompassing term for the branches of natural science and science that study non-living systems, in contrast to the life sciences...
, biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, and computer studies
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
. This full-time three-year programme is offered in both English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and the students’ home language, Xhosa
Xhosa language
Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said...
. They have had an astounding 100% pass rate for four years running.
Another way the college is helping to develop appropriate skills is by setting up a National Boat-Building Academy. The leisure boat-building industry approached them to establish this academy.
Campuses
False Bay College has five campuses, all in the southern part of the Cape Town metropole.| Campus | Location | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Good Hope | Khayelitsha Khayelitsha Khayelitsha is a partially informal township in Western Cape, South Africa, located on the Cape Flats in the City of Cape Town. The name is Xhosa for New Home... |
34°2′58"S 18°39′15"E |
| Fish Hoek | Fish Hoek | 34°8′16"S 18°25′26"E |
| Mitchell's Plain | Mitchell's Plain Mitchell's Plain Mitchells Plain is a largely coloured township about 20 km from the city of Cape Town. It is one of South Africa's largest townships. It is located on the Cape Flats on the False Bay coast between Strandfontein and Khayelitsha... |
34°3′37"S 18°37′13"E |
| Muizenburg | Muizenberg Muizenberg Muizenberg is a beach-side suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated where the shore of the Cape Peninsula curves round to the east on the False Bay coast... |
34°6′26"S 18°28′7"E |
| Westlake | Tokai Tokai, Cape Town Tokai, a large residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, is situated on the foothills of the Constantiaberg, and is bordered by, Steenberg and Kirstenhof to the South, Bergvliet to the East, Constantia to the North and the SAFCOL pine tree plantations against the mountain to the... |
34°4′38"S 18°26′25"E |