President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow engage with youth beneficiaries of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) and Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) flagship programmes in Pretoria.
The President will begin his programme at the Sefako Makgatho Primary School in Saulsville. He will then proceed to the South African Creative Industries Incubator (SACCI) in Eersterust, and conclude at the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) in Pretoria East.
According to The Presidency, these visits will highlight innovative implementation models and public-private partnerships that are delivering dignified, high-quality employment and skilling outcomes for youth at scale.
“The President will interact directly with youth beneficiaries, educators, and implementing partners, and see first-hand how the PES and PYEI’s community-based, demand-led approach is reshaping labour market access for the country’s most excluded youth,” The Presidency said.
The site visits will commence at the Sefako Makgatho Primary School, a part of the Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI) and a flagship programme of the PES, designed to address the dual challenge of youth unemployment and support for the basic education system by placing young people in roles within public schools as education and general school assistants.
The programme is implemented by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and administrated by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).
The President will then proceed to the SACII, which is a creative hub providing technical skills training, business incubation, production facilities and networking for artists and entrepreneurs in the creative industries.
The organisation is funded by National Pathway Management Network, a grant initiative of the PYEI, led by the National Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) and administered by the IDC.
The funding assists with improving and expanding the Visual Special Effects (VFX) programme, which is one of a kind in South Africa, specifically designed to train youth in the highly technical field of VFX.
The programme connects young people to industry jobs in the creative gig economy. One hundred trainees have been enrolled into the programme through the Innovation Fund.
The President will conclude his visit at the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) which provides health sector professionals and unemployed youth interested in the health field access to affordable, accessible quality education through management and clinical skills development courses.
These courses are customised to the needs of healthcare managers, practitioners and organisations.
The programme is funded through the Jobs Boost Outcomes Fund, an outcome-based instrument to unlock jobs for excluded young people by linking contracted payments with desired outcomes.
This intervention of the PYEI that is led by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), with the National Skills Fund (NSF) as the lead implementer. – SAnews.gov.za
