Understanding the dynamics that enable and constrain the implementation of learnership programmes as skills development interventions in South Africa: A descriptive analysis of learnership programmes funded by the Education Training And Development Practices –Sector Education Training Authority (ETDP Seta)

dc.contributor.authorKhubisa, Zanele Cynthia
dc.contributor.supervisorRamsarup, Presha
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-11T19:28:21Z
dc.date.available2024-10-11T19:28:21Z
dc.date.issued2023-09
dc.descriptionA research report submitted for Master's of Education (Education and Work), to the Faculty of Humanities, Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023.
dc.description.abstractThe study aimed to understand the dynamics that enable and determine the implementation of Education, Training, and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority (ETDP SETA) funded learnerships (2017/18 and 2018/2019) as critical skills development interventions in South Africa. The qualitative analysis considered the viewpoints of learners, host employers, and ETDP SETA Officials. Several key enablers have been identified, namely workplace-based learning, effective mentoring and monitoring, and evaluation of learnerships. On the other hand, certain key constraints have also been identified including limited involvement of corporate employers, inadequate resourcing, lack of educational progression, and the delays in issuing of certificates. It is important to note that the latter two constraints directly affect the employability of beneficiaries. The study recommended that the ETDP SETA improve its efforts to cultivate a consistent understanding of the national skills development imperatives amongst its stakeholders; incentivise employers to enhance their participation in workplace-based training and enforce policies and legislation that promoted improved pathways and connections to the rest of the PSET system. The SETA should consider enforcing measures that promote the timely issuing of certificates.
dc.description.submitterMM2024
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.identifier.citationKhubisa, Zanele Cynthia. (2023). Understanding the dynamics that enable and constrain the implementation of learnership programmes as skills development interventions in South Africa: A descriptive analysis of learnership programmes funded by the Education Training And Development Practices –Sector Education Training Authority (ETDP Seta). [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/41514
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/41514
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights©2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolWits School of Education
dc.subjectEducation, Training, and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority (ETDP SETA)
dc.subjectCritical skills development interventions
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectWorkplace-based learning
dc.subjectEffective mentoring and monitoring
dc.subjectEvaluation of learnerships
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subject.otherSDG-4: Quality education
dc.titleUnderstanding the dynamics that enable and constrain the implementation of learnership programmes as skills development interventions in South Africa: A descriptive analysis of learnership programmes funded by the Education Training And Development Practices –Sector Education Training Authority (ETDP Seta)
dc.typeDissertation
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