College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2022 74 Centre for Public Management and Governance Prof Vain Jarbandhan Director: Centre for Public Management and Governance School of Public Management, Governance and Public Policy College of Business and Economics INTRODUCTION The Centre for Public Management and Governance is in the School of Public Management, Governance, and Public Policy. We offer two distance education continuing education programmes, the Higher and the Advanced Certificate in Local Governance and Management. These are integrated academic and professional distance education programmes designed for students, working professionals, and elected local political leaders offered through online technology-enhanced distance learning. The programmes are popular with students as the opportunity exists for qualifying students to access the formal second year of the BA (SWC) programme. Moreover, the Centre hosts the short learning programme in 4IR, which will be rolled out to students soon. The Centre also aims to provide collaborative services with various actors in Africa and South Africa’s developmental local government process. Despite providing limited bursaries to deserving students, mounting student debt is a matter of concern for the Centre.
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