technikon, noun

/ˈteknikɒn/
Forms:
Also technicon, and with initial capital.
Origin:
GreekShow more Noun formed on neutral of Greek technikos pertaining to skills.
Any of several institutions offering technical and vocational education at a tertiary level. Also attributive.
Note:
In forming the name of a particular institution, ‘Technikon’ is placed either before or after a proper name, e.g. ‘Technikon Witwatersrand’, ‘Technikon Natal’, ‘Cape Technikon’. Formerly known as ‘College for Advanced Technical Education’ (see CATE).
1979 Evening Post 10 May 2Professor Daniel P. Veldman,..who has been a member of the Technikon council for about six years, will take over as director of the Technikon.
1979 Sunday Times 27 May (Business Times) 22 (advt)Technikon Natal formerly Natal College for Advanced Technical Education.
1979 Sunday Times 27 May (Business Times) 22 (advt)Closing date for Applications...Cape Technikon.
1980 Impact Aug. 4Mr Oppenheimer said all universities, technikons and training colleges should be opened on proper conditions to students of all races.
1983 S. Afr. 1983: Off. Yrbk (Dept of Foreign Affairs & Info.) 686The technikons are autonomous institutions and provide training at tertiary or post-Senior Certificate level. The training, which involves the integration of theory and practice, is offered parallel to but separate from that offered by universities.
1983 G.V.N. Viljoen in Hansard 8 Aug. 10773We shall provide for the inclusion of spokesmen for Black universities and Black technikons on the Universities and Technikons Advisory Council.
1992 New Nation 7 Aug. 9Part of the role of universities..will be to debunk the myth that technikon education is inferior to university education.
1992 Pace Sept. 66A technikon education is essentially a co-operative education programme between the technikon, on one hand, and trade, industry and commerce on the other...Technikon qualifications are held in high regard by employers.
Any of several institutions offering technical and vocational education at a tertiary level. Also attributive.
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