Creating the future: Incubating digital learning facilitators in rural South Africa

We are proud to announce a unique partnership between Edulution, Sesego Foundation, the Rural Directorate at the DBE and the Jobs Fund to pioneer an emerging job class with exciting prospects for mass absorption of youth talent.

The Se?ego Foundation and implementing partner, Edulution South Africa, have been awarded significant funding through the National Pathway Management Network Innovation Fund - a component of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention’s (PYEI) National Pathway Management Network (NPMN).

The Department of Employment and Labour is responsible for the National Pathway Management Network, the Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) is the appointed Fund Manager, and the Jobs Fund provides implementation capacity for the Presidential Youth Employment Fund.

Operating on Challenge Fund principles, the NPMN Innovation Fund is highly selective and the vetting process extremely rigorous, validating our capacity to implement a complex project in dynamic environments. One of the conditions of being funded is pre-existing support from other entities – hence our existing core funders have been instrumental in catalysing this government investment.

This grant initiative seeks to identify and support innovative solutions to barriers faced by young people to meaningfully participate in the labour market and the wider economy. South Africa has the single highest rate of youth unemployment globally, with 60% of adults between 18 and 32 neither in employment or study. A substantial reason for this is the inadequate education received.

Read the full press release on our Website: https://www.edulution.org/post/creating_the_future