The Deputy Minister of Public Works, Mr. Jeremy Cronin will on 9 November 2015 officiate the graduation ceremony of 190 Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) participants that have completed a 12 month accredited Further Education and Training Certificate in Information Technology: Technical Support. The youth training programme is a partnership between the Department of Public Works (EPWP), Independent Development Trust (IDT), and Vodacom.
The programme aims to equip the identified qualifying unemployed youth with accredited Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and entrepreneurial skills to enter the mainstream economy.
Members of the media are cordially invited to attend and report on this event.
The details of the event are:
Date: 9 November 2015
Venue: University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville Campus)
Time: 10h00
Background information on the IDT-Vodacom ICT Youth Training Programme
The IDT-Vodacom ICT Youth Training Programme is a three year public private partnership programme between IDT and Vodacom, which is aimed at providing the unemployed youths with ICT and entrepreneur skills to enter the mainstream economy. The programme started in 2013 when IDT and Vodacom partnered through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly implement the Youth Skills Development Programme.
The other part of the programme involves providing vulnerable rural schools with the necessary basic communication equipment such as telephone lines, internet connection, fax machine and printers.
In terms of the MOU, IDT is among other things responsible for the identification and recruitment of the participants into the programme while Vodacom facilitates the training of the participants. IDT also ensures the payment of the stipend to the participants as per EPWP Non-State Sector requirement.
For inquiries please contact:
Kgomotso Mathuloe
Cell: 082 957 3667
Michael Mokoena
Cell: 082 906 5795 /078 038 004
