Assessing the implementation of the National Youth Service Programme in the Gauteng Province, Department Of Roads and Transport

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2017-12
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
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ENGLISH SUMMARY : The aim of this study was to assess the implementation of the National Youth Service Programme (NYSP) in the Gauteng Province, Department of Roads and Transport. A study of this nature was vital, given the relatively high rate of youth unemployment; school drop outs and shortage of skills in South Africa. The programme was assessed against the objectives of the study; which were, interalia, to determine the specific skills programmes offered to youth on the National Youth Service Programme; to gauge the perceptions of Programme officials, Learners, Project managers and Training Providers on the implementation of skills programmes of the National Youth Service Programme. Thirty (30) participants were purposively selected from different categories within the Gauteng Province, Department of Roads and Transport; including Programme officials, Project managers, Training providers and learners. The study found that various skills programmes were provided to young people on the National Youth Service Programme, including project management, entrepreneurship, facilitation and instructor courses, road safety and driving licence qualification. In view of these results, it was recommended that initiation of skills programmes on the NYSP needs to be improved through learner involvement, coordination of experiential learning activities and diversification of learnerships to accommodate learners’ skills needs.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Die doel van hierdie studie was gemik op dieassessering an die implementering van die Nationale Jeug Dienste Progam in die Gauteng Provinsie en die Departement van Vervoer en Paaie. ‘n Studie van hierdie aard was uiters essensieel, gegewe die relatiewe hoe verhoudings persentasie van wekloosheid onder die jeug; vroee skool verlaters en die tekort aan vaardighede in Suid Afrika. Die program was geraam teen die doelwit van die studie; wat in die geheel onder andere die bepaling was van die spesifieke vaardighede programme wat deur die Nasionale Jeug Dienste Program aangebied word.Om die persepsie te skat van die Program beamptes. Leerders, projek bestuurders en die opleidings verskaffings in die implementering van die vaardighede van die Nasionale Jeug Dienste Program is 30 (dertig) deelnemers doelbewus geselekteer van uit verskillende kategoriee binne in die Gauteng Provinsie en die Departement van Vervoer en Paaie wat Proram Beamptes, Projek bestuurders, opleidings-verskaffers en leerders ingesluit het. Die studie het uitgewys dat verskillende vaardigheids programme verskaf word aan die jeug in die Nasionale Jeug Dienste Program, ingesluit projek bestuur, entrepeneurskap, fasaliteerders en instrukteurs kursus sowel as padveiligheid en bestuurslisensie kwalifisering. In die lig van hierdie bevindings, word dit aanbeveel dat vaardigheids programme in die Nasionale Jeug Dienste Program drasties verbeter moet word om die betrokkenheid van die leerders, ko-ordinering van eksperimentele leerder aktiwiteite en diversifikasie van leerderskap om leerders te akkommodeer met die nodige vaardigheid wat benodig word.
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Thesis (MPA)--Stellenbosch University, 2017.
Keywords
National Youth Service Programme -- Evaluation, Gauteng (South Africa). -- Department of Roads and Transport, UCTD
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