After 11 months without a head, the Moremogolo FET campus in Galeshewe, Kimberley, has appointed a former lecturer to the post.

Patricia Galeboe said she was glad to be back “home” after she had left to further her studies in the North West.

College spokesperson Andrew Michael said Galeboe was a great asset to the college.

“We knew all along that we needed a person of her calibre,” Michaels said.

“We had numerous interviews but could not find a suitable candidate to fill the position. She applied and was shortlisted. In the final interviews we knew there and then that she was the one.”

He said Galeboe had experience and knowledge of campus politics.

Galeboe also managed colleges in De Aar and Namakwa.

She said she had a huge task ahead of her, of producing a 70% student placement. “It is a huge task but we need to strive and achieve it. It’s within our reach,” she said.

“We have already partnered with local companies to absorb our students after college.

“I am told already we are moving in the right direction. We have already achieved 20% this year.”

About 200 students will be placed in the Droogfontein solar power project, of which 10 have started this week.

Galeboe believes that both the solar and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) projects will bring more job placements.

SKA is a national government project that will see about 300 telescopes being built in the Karoo region.

For mre details go to http://www.thenewage.co.za