Community service projects and service learning - recommendations for the School of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, CUT

Abstract

This article explores the possible opportunities in Community Service and Service Learning for the School of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering at the Central University of Technology, Free State, and outlines the associated recommendations. The development of these activities, together with research and postgraduate expansion, are particularly significant in the context of the necessary transformations from a Technikon to a University of Technology and will enhance the relationship with the community that the University must serve. It offers to industry a channel to influence the content of training programmes and a supplementary source of research and development for their specific needs. It further highlights the role of tertiary institutions in skills development of public servants.