Work experience opportunities for youth

(Media Release: Issued and provided by the Western Cape Government - Minister Anroux Marais)

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, through its Youth and After School Programme Office, is calling for unemployed youth, aged 18-25, to apply to be part of the YearBeyond youth service programme for 2024.
 
Applications for the education programmes are now open for youth living in the Western and Eastern Cape who meet the criteria. All the education programmes require a matric certificate and some require minimum marks for Language or Maths.
 
The YearBeyond programme offers young people the opportunity to get a year of hands-on working experience and build their work readiness competencies, while also giving back to their communities. Commonly known as YeBoneers, successful applicates will be placed either at a school or community hub where they will assist learners and parents. 
 
The success of the programme is evident as seen from the feedback received from previous years.

A total of 96% of participants believe the experience helped them to get to know themselves better and 95% feel the programmes prepared them better for the world of work and study.

Encouragingly, between 75% and 78% of Yeboneers have progressed to becoming economically active in the world of employment or study, or a combination of the two, upon finishing the programme.
 
Read the full press release here.