Is there an app for that?
The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations – creating opportunity for non-profit organisations’ teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Download takeaway instructions Mobile apps are designed to simplify and digitise almost every aspect of […]
Hands-on Learning Issue 30
Through the Hands-on Learning publication, we hope to play a helpful role in synthesising information from innovators and implementers in civil society, supporting them to share what they have learnt so that others can draw from and build on their experiences. Catching up: Lessons in implementing accelerated learning programmes in South Africa In South Africa, […]
Learning Brief – Catching up: Lessons in implementing accelerated learning programmes in South Africa
In South Africa, eight out of every 10 Grade 4 learners in South Africa do not meet the low international benchmark for reading set by the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), which serves as an indicator of learners’ ability to make sense of texts. The ability to recognise words and make sense of […]
Learning Brief – No learning without well-being: Why mental health matters in post-school education and training
Mental health is shaped from before birth onward by a constellation of socio-economic factors, including poverty and inequality. In South Africa, where nearly 70% of children live below the upper-bound poverty line of R55 a day, poverty results not only in unmet needs but in sustained deprivation affecting mental health. International research shows that children […]
The Perspectives Series: Youth unemployment is an ‘us’ problem, not a ‘you’ problem
Youth unemployment is one of South Africa’s most urgent challenges — yet many people feel disconnected from the solutions. In a context of slow economic growth, increasing youth economic and social inclusion requires a whole-of-society effort and imagination. How can we move from intention to action, and what will it take to build an inclusive, […]
702 Interview: Demand-led skilling – Youth unemployment needs a targeted intervention
In South Africa, more than 3 million young people aged 15 to 24 are without employment, education, or training (NEET) and are falling through the cracks of opportunity. In regions where economic opportunities are scarce, economic deserts, targeted youth employment interventions emerge as a vital solution to help these individuals secure a brighter future. Bridget […]
Cape Talk Interview: Demand-led skilling – A targeted youth employment intervention
In South Africa, more than 3 million young people aged 15 to 24 are without employment, education, or training (NEET) and are falling through the cracks of opportunity. In regions where economic opportunities are scarce, economic deserts, targeted youth employment interventions emerge as a vital solution to help these individuals secure a brighter future. Bridget […]
SAFM Interview: Demand-led skilling
In South Africa, more than 3 million young people aged 15 to 24 are without employment, education, or training (NEET) and are falling through the cracks of opportunity. In regions where economic opportunities are scarce, economic deserts, targeted youth employment interventions emerge as a vital solution to help these individuals secure a brighter future. Bridget […]
SABC News Interview: Skills development – Meeting young people where they are
In South Africa, more than 3 million young people aged 15 to 24 are without employment, education, or training (NEET) and are falling through the cracks of opportunity. In regions where economic opportunities are scarce, economic deserts, targeted youth employment interventions emerge as a vital solution to help these individuals secure a brighter future. Bridget […]
MEDIA STATEMENT: Youth employment interventions in economic deserts require a demand-led skills approach that focuses on generating livelihoods
More than 3 million young people aged 15-24 in South Africa are not in employment, education, or training (NEET). They have fallen through the cracks, shut out of learning and earning prospects because they haven’t completed matric, or don’t have post-school qualifications or general work experience. This lack of opportunity has a devastating effect: continued […]