FASSET ANNUAL REPORT

FASSET interventions for post-school learners

Figure 11: FASSET workplace-based learning programmes

FASSET Workplace-based learning programmes

Work Integrated Learning (WIL)

Learnership/ Internships

Continuous Professional Development

Bursary scheme

Skills Programmes

Candidacy

Occupational/ Professional

Professional Qualification

Lifelong Learning (LL) events

Occupational/ Professional Qualification

Professional Designation

Occupational part-qualification

Qualification (inc.CA Auditing qualification)

Work experience, skills training and improved employability

TVET Work-Based Experience programme This programme, in its eighth year, places TVET graduates as interns at companies that will expose them to the work environment, while bridging the gap between their studies and the demands of the workplace to make them better employee prospects. We have seen an encouraging increase in the number of learners absorbed by employers into the labour market after the candidates have successfully completed their 18-months training. Employers such as Intelleto, HR Ignite, Northplan Charted Accountants, Duja Consulting, Outsourced Experts and the like continue to assist learners to find part-time employment and at times these employers offer candidates permanent employment. FASSET continued to show support during alert Level 5 of the lockdown by extending employer contracts by an additional three months; which helped those interns who missed their work-based training due to hard lockdowns. The target was not met because some employers reduced their allocations to host learners because they did not have the capacity to implement the model in a remote environment.

Bursary Scheme Although it is a relatively new programme in the FASSET portfolio, the Bursary Scheme ran its fourth year in 2020/21, with more than 2 600 learners having benefitted from the programme. It has distinguished itself by providing much-needed support for learners who fall between the funding of National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and that of the banks, and those are households with an income of up to R600 000 per annum. The bursary provides comprehensive funding for tuition, accommodation, academic support courses, living allowance and coaching/mentorship; all of which is designed to support the learner fully and to provide an enabling environment for the learner to successfully complete their studies. Due to Covid-19, many institutions administering bursaries on behalf of FASSET extended their academic year to allow learners to complete their curricula. FASSET continued funding those extra months.

FASSET Annual Integrated Report 2020/21

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