Bojanala

Partner(s):

SAIE’s partner, the Department of Education (DoE) assists with the selection of the target schools and regions for BusinessVENTURES training and teaching materials. Reebone School, Swartruggens the host of SEDA North West BusinessVENTURES educator training is in Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality (Municipal Code NW374). The mother district is Bojanala (District Code DC37; also known as Bojanala Platinum District) which is 18331km² in size. Educators often represent schools beyond the regions hosting BusinessVENTURES training. The majority of the people (62.56%) among the population of 1 185 325 people speak Setswana. However the overwhelming majority comprises Black African people who constitute 92.23% of the population in the district. The learner population between grades 1 and 12 in Bojanala is roughly 877944. The economically active group between 15 and 64 is 781954, compared to 299600 people who are not economically active. Nearly 796466 people have no personal income and a further 53014 have an income below R400. Some 80134 people have no family income. 199028 people are unemployed and there are 3211 employers.

Our Involvement:

SAIE provides schools and educators with quality, innovative learning materials (BusinessVENTURES kits) and the requisite training in terms of content knowledge, methodology in Outcomes Based Education (OBE) and entrepreneurial development. SAIE’s BusinessVENTURES materials conform to the Department of Education’s (DoE) curriculum structure classified under the Economic and Management Sciences (EMS: Grade 2 to 9) and Business Studies (Grades 10 to 12). Learners are empowered through the quality materials and effective teaching, in order to develop entrepreneurial mindsets and business knowledge. This prepares them for either creating their own jobs or participating in the post school life in a more entrepreneurial way.

Project Progress:

In the Bojanala project, nine grade 8 educators from 9 schools; twenty four grade 9 educators from 23 schools and fourteen grade 10 educators from 11 schools received BusinessVENTURES training from the 29th to the 30th of January 2007. 31 grade eight and grade nine kits and 11 grade ten kits were distributed. In the Bojanala project, it was very encouraging to have 3 subject advisors attending the BusinessVENTURES training as active participants besides being program managers. The subject advisors also impressed upon the teachers to start implementing the BusinessVENTURES program as soon as they received the kits.

Funder:

Product:

BusinessVentures

Location:

North West