PKG: BUSI BOPELA FOCUSES ON THE BASIC EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE - A PROGRAMME FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION DEPLOYING CLASSROOM AND GENERAL ASSISTANTS TO 200 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 

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The Basic Education Employment Initiative has been described as a win-win for both schools and participating youth. This week, just over 200-thousand youth or PYEs - an acronym for the Presidential Youth Employment - went back to school at 20-thousand facilities to support teachers in classrooms and maintain school infrastructure. The initiative is aimed at reducing youth unemployment, developing skills to transition youths from school to the labour market, while improving outcomes in the education sector. Commentators have called for the programme to be expanded and additional resources to be allocated to it, as Busi Bopela compiled and Xongani Khosa reports…..