NYDA and ETDP SETA spend over R10 million on giving learners a second chance to rewrite their matric
National Youth Development Agency Executive Chairperson Yershen Pillay will on Thursday, 9 January 2014 announce the results and honour leaners who were part of the 2013 NYDA National Senior Certificate 2nd Chance Project.
In February 2013 the NYDA through its NSC 2nd Chance Project successfully registered a total of 3 168 young people, who had failed matric in the 2011 & 2012 years, to sit and rewrite their matric examination between November and December 2013 in Gauteng, Western Cape and North West provinces.
The NYDA NSC 2nd Chance Project has been running since 2010 and is carried out in partnership with the Education Training Development Practitioner Sector Education Training Authority (ETDP SETA). It provides leaners who have failed matric a second chance to rewrite the examination in order to obtain their National Senior Certificate.
Members of the media are invited to join the Chairperson of the NYDA at a media briefing where he will announce and honour the 2013 NYDA 2nd Chance Project matric class. During the briefing Pillay will also make an important announcement concerning Top 5 achievers of this NYDA 2nd Chance Project.
Date: 9 January 2014
Venue: The Winston Hotel, Rosebank, Johannesburg
Time: 11h00 – 12h30
Members of the media wishing to attend the briefing are advised to rsvp with Phillip Ndala at Phillip.ndala@nyda.gov.za by no later than Wednesday, 8 January 2014 at 16h00.
For media enquiries contact:
Siyabonga Magadla, National Youth Development Agency
E-mail: Siyabonga.magadla@nyda.gov.za
Cell: 083 686 9016
