Developing skills and capabilities through the learnership and apprenticeship pathway systems synthesis report: assessing the impact of learnerships and apprenticeships under NSDSII

During 2010-2012, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the Development Policy Research Unit (UCT) with funding from the South African Department of Labour (DoL), conducted an evaluation of the progress made in skills development since the implementation of the National Skills Development Strategy II (NSDSII) in March 2005. The research covered three thematic areas: (1) the impact of skills development on placement of learners upon completion of their program; (2) the impact of skills development support on large, medium and small firms as well as on government, Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) firms and cooperatives; and (3) progress evaluation on support to high-level scarce and critical skills for both workers and unemployed learners. This report contributes to the outcomes of the third theme. The overall objective of the research project reported on in this synthesis report was to measure the impact of the learnership and apprenticeship systems as they support employed and unemployed learners in the acquisition of skills to enter employment.

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