He left school at 14 and is now first TVET graduate to be PhD scholar

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He left school at 14 and is now first TVET graduate to be PhD scholar
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Newsletter| At 14 years old, Sizwe Mkhwanazi opted to leave school to study office administration at a TVET College. Now 26 years old, Mkhwanazi is based at Oxford University in the UK, where he is studying for his PhD in education

A go-getter from age 14, Sizwe Mkhwanazi grabbed the chance at getting vocational training, and hasn’t looked back

Now 26 years old, Mkhwanazi is based at Oxford University in the UK, where he is studying for his PhD in education.Sizwe Mkhwanazi. Picture: Supplied “When the Gert Sibande TVET came to our school and made a presentation, I knew they were talking to me. It was my chance to go to a proper, well-resourced school.

“The principal was impressed by my skills. We used to joke among ourselves, as the office administration group, that we were clerks-in-training, but we took pride in what we were doing. I was ready to work when I got the school job,” he said. “Most university graduates cannot tell you exactly what they can do, and I can say I was able to assist a stranded school principal,” he said.

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