The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and the South African Graduates Development Agency (SAGDA) will tomorrow Tuesday 1 April 2014 unveil findings of a report on a study on the implementation of Internships in the country. Internships have for years been positioned as an important work exposure method and a temporary employment relief intervention, particularly for young graduates.
Commissioned in 2013 the report provides insights by investigating the activities and analysing the experiences of the three role players involved in the roll out of Internships, namely the interns, the institutions that produce them and the employers that provide the internships. The outcomes of the report come in the wake of rising unemployment levels particularly among the youth. These findings have relevance for all organisations involved in the employment of young people, particularly organisations that are currently implementing or planning to implement Internship programmes.
The report raises questions about the efficiency of the existing mechanisms in the three stages of implementing and managing successful internships: getting into the internship, preparedness for the internship and settling into the internship. It also scrutinises how these are monitored. The study is the first of its kind and seeks to help provide stronger bridges for the youth in the transit from school to the workplace.
Media is invited to the unveiling as follows:
Date: Tuesday 1 April 2014
Venue: Radisson Blue Gautrain Hotel - Rosebank
Time: 10h30 - 12h00
Members of the media wishing to attend the briefing are advised to rsvp to Phillip Ndala at Phillip.ndala@nyda.gov.za by Tuesday 1 April 2014 at 8h30.
For media enquiries please contact:
Siyabonga Magadla
Cell: 083 686 9016
E-mail: Siyabonga.magadla@nyda.gov.za
