Riversdale Phase 2
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Partner(s):Riversdale, a town located on the N2 highway between Cape Town and George on the Agulhas Coastal Plain of the southern Western Cape Province is the nearest metropolis to Swellendam. Swellendam Local Municipality (Municipal code) WC034 has a geographical area of 2999km². It falls under the jurisdiction of Overberg District Municipality (District code DC3). Riversdale is an agricultural service orientated town, being a hub for shopping and other services for surrounding farming communities, smaller towns, and coastal resorts. In Swellendam Local Municipality, there are 21363 learners between grade 1 and 12. The economically active group between ages 19 and 64 is 17957. 15535 have no personal income, 400 have no household income. 1695 people have a personal income below R400. 1693 are unemployed and there are only 78 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:This project is a continuation of the 2006/2007 project which started with a request from a number of schools through Ms Cheryl Beukes of Voorwaarts Primary. Both projects were sanctioned by Mr Galant of the DoE (Circuit manager) after which SAIE set up the project logistics. Educator training was conducted from 28 – 31 July 2008 with the Business VENTURES entrepreneurship learning materials provided to the schools. Four schools still need to be trained in October 2008. The first educator follow-up support is scheduled to be conducted in October 2008. |
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