The Basic Education Presidential Youth Employment Stimulus, which has created over 300 000 jobs opportunities throughout South Africa, has been implemented successfully.
The Department of Basic Education (DBE), the programme, which commenced in December 2020, has been welcomed by all stakeholders.
Meanwhile, the department said over 25 950 School Governing Body (SGB) funded posts in public and government-subsidised independent schools were saved.
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“These posts came under threat due to schools experiencing financial distress, as a result of parents not being able to pay school fees because of the economic devastation of COVID-19,” said department.
In addition, the sector created employment opportunities for 319 091 Education and General Education Assistants between the ages of 18 and 35.
The initiative aims to use direct public investment to create opportunities for employment and support workers negatively impacted by the pandemic ends on 31 March 2021.
The department said over 868 000 applications were received from young people when the initiative was started.
Of the 300 000 successful candidates, 200 000 were Education Assistants and 100 000 were General School Assistants.
The @DBE_SA successfully implemented the Presidential Youth Employment Stimulus, which comes to an end 31 March. Young people were equipped with meaningful skills in ICT, Curriculum, Child &Youth Care, Reading Champions &Infrastructure to improve their employability #education pic.twitter.com/9keLNxmR3k
— Dr Makgabo Reginah Mhaule (@ReginahMhaule) March 23, 2021
The DBE said the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator helped with the recruitment processes in seven of the nine provinces, through the SAYouth.mobi site.
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“An added benefit of using the SAYouth.mobi site is that it can match job seekers to additional employment opportunities, in line with their interests and qualifications.”
The department believes the mobile site is a key component of the National Pathway Management Network.
However, the primary objective of the programme is to allow young people to acquire skills such as Information Communication Technology, administration, reading, plumbing, painting and work ethics, among others, to improve their employability.
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