| Summary: | The TVET colleges in South Africa contribute to the social and economic
development of the country. It is for this reason that TVET colleges are expected to
provide quality teaching and learning, but this core business of the colleges has
been hampered by a lack of professional development or irrelevant professional
development of lecturers. The study aims to investigate the relevance of professional
development offered at a selected TVET college in the Free-State province and the
improvement thereof. The study employed a qualitative research design involving 22
participants. The participants comprised of two executive managers, two campus
managers, four heads of department, six senior lecturers and eight lecturers. The
participants were purposively selected using purposive sampling. Face-to-face semistructured
interviews were conducted to collect data from managers and two focus
group interviews were employed to collect data from lecturers. The findings of the
study revealed that there is a need for relevant professional development of lecturers
at the selected TVET college. The most important recommendation with the potential
to change the situation at the studied college is that the planning, organising, leading
and control of professional development need to be done more professionally. If
managers utilise management functions (planning, organising, leading and control)
properly to manage lecturer’s professional development, lecturers will be in a better
position to provide quality teaching. Other relevant recommendations are also
provided. === Educational Management and Leadership === M. Ed. (Education Management)
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