Port Shepstone Phase 1
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Partner(s):The Department of Education is SAIE’s partner that identifies schools and regions for BusinessVENTURES training. Port Shepstone (Adams College) the venue for Umsobomvu’s KwaZulu Natal BusinessVENTURES educator training is situated in the Ugu District Municipality (DC21). The Ugu administrative boundaries extend over a geographical area that is 5866km² big. Educators may attend BusinessVENTURES training from schools beyond these boundaries. The district has a population of 687 735 with a majority of IsiZulu speaking Africans who constitute 87.59%. In total, there are 91.76% Black Africans. The economically active group (between 15 and 64) is approximately 50 percent of the population. Port Shepstone is situated on the mouth of the largest river on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the Mzimkulu River (the great home of all rivers). Port Shepstone, 120 km south of Durban and is the administrative, educational and commercial centre for southern Natal. Its industries include a sugar mill, a lime works and a marble quarry. Timber, wattle bark and sub-tropical fruit are produced in the district. 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 Business Ventures 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:This training took place from 23rd of May 2008 to 7th June 2008. In this project, from the total of 28 educators who were trained, 11 Grade eight educators came from 11 schools; 6 Grade nine educators came from 6 schools and 13 Grade ten educators came from 11 schools to receive Business VENTURES training. 34 kits were distributed for grades 8 to 10. |
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