| (a) | assist and support the Minister, SAQA, the relevant Quality Council and colleges in the provision of opportunities for and encouraging lifelong learning; |
| (b) | assist and support the Minister in the development of distance education and training, including open learning; |
| (c) | assist and support colleges in the development of learning, teaching and assessment materials; |
| (d) | assist and support the development of public colleges and the development of a skills system; |
| (e) | assist in the development of a curriculum for every public college and ensure that curriculum development is institutionalised within a technical and vocational education and training college or a community education and training college, as the case may be, with long term capacity; |
| (f) | conduct research and contribute to innovate development in continuing education and training; |
| (g) | undertake and promote research in the areas of teaching and learning in vocational and occupational programmes that would lead to qualifications or part-qualifications; |
| (h) | advise the Minister on any matter in respect of vocational and continuing education and training; |
| (i) | develop material for career guidance; |
| (j) | develop capacity and upgrade college teaching staff skills in vocational and continuing education and training; |
| (k) | provide management training in every college; |
| (l) | provide management, leadership and operational training at all levels for Services Education and Training Authorities established in terms of section 9 of the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998); |
| (m) | provide management, leadership and operational training for officials of the Department; |
| (n) | promote dialogue between colleges and between employers and Sector Education and Training Authorities; |
| (o) | interact with professional councils and promote dialogue between those councils and education and training institutions and the Department; |
| (p) | publish a journal containing information in respect of continuing education and training and skills development; |
| (q) | establish and maintain a library information service in order to support the Institute and the institutions served by the Institute; and |
| (r) | conduct and promote labour market research. |
[Section 43B inserted by section 15 of Act No. 1 of 2013]
