FUTURE INCOME THROUGH SKILLS AND TRAINING IN EXPANDED PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME
Date
2013-10-14
Authors
MTOLO, JABU GOODNESS
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Abstract
Currently not all Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)
beneficiaries manage to secure future jobs and earn income after exiting
the programme. The purpose of conducting this research was to
investigate why most Working for Water programme (WFW) beneficiaries
do not secure future employment after exiting the programme. This
investigation was conducted using a qualitative paradigm and semistructured
interviews for data collection. The findings indicated that WFW
beneficiaries struggle to find other job opportunities because training and
skills provided by the WFW programme are not relevant and appropriate. It
has been concluded that the nature and scope of training provided by the
WFW programme, combined with failure of the South African economy to
create job opportunities, are the main contributing factors to the nonemployment
of beneficiaries exiting the programme. Hence the
recommendations emphasise the importance of entrepreneurship and
business skills which are accompanied by support programmes to ensure
sustainable alignment of WFW training with the labour market, as well as a
review of the duration of participation in the programme to allow enough
time for proper training.
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MM (P&DM) thesis
Keywords
Skills development, Public workds development programme