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TimesLive reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is encouraged by the success of the schoolteacher assistant programme, which is part of the Presidential Employment Stimulus.
Writing in his weekly newsletter on Monday, Ramaphosa said that at the end of August, the second cohort of 245,000 young people would finish their 10-month placements in schools. They will join the ranks of about 600,000 young South Africans who have participated in the initiative since its launch in 2020. This will bring to almost one-million the number of participants since the programme was launched. The school assistants have either supported teachers in the classroom or performed school maintenance, security, food garden production and other upkeep activities. Ramaphosa said of about 60,000 teachers and principals surveyed, more than 95% said the programme had greatly improved the learning environment in their schools and wanted it to continue. “They say it has enabled them to focus more of their time on teaching,” Ramaphosa noted. Beyond the monthly stipend, the programme has provided young people with work experience and skills. “They have received accredited training across several disciplines, ranging from digital literacy to basic bookkeeping, from child and youth care to bricklaying, plastering and plumbing,” the president pointed out.
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