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Exclusive Networks Africa, which has a long history of supporting skills development for young people in the ICT arena, has recently seen the graduation of the first group of learners from its year-long learnership partnership with Netwxs Enterprise Development , a local skills development provider.
“In my opinion, there are unfortunately too many instances in which learnerships, for varied reasons, do not actually lead to sustainable job opportunities for the learners once they have finished their courses. This represents missed employment opportunities for the learners, but at a wider economic level also means that significant funds are being lost by the organisations who are paying for these learnerships.
Belinda van Deventer, operations manager at Netwxs, adds: “It is an additional cause for concern that some 90% of learners who complete general learnership programmes remain unemployed after completing such a course. Our learnership programmes are structured for a 12-month period and comply with SAQA/QCTO requirements, offering access to meaningful education and training interventions for a wide range of learners.
With regards to the learnerships, Netwxs provides an allowance for the duration of the learnership to cover travel and living expenses. The organisation carries out thorough checks and balances on the learners’ credentials to ensure that it is offering its support to candidates who fit the qualifying criteria. In addition to learnership facilitation, Netwxs also offers training, recruitment and channel marketing.
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