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Disrupting Unemployment

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      • Internship Programme
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    • J-L
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      • Junior Achievement and Marsh & McLennan Companies
      • Junior Power
      • Juntos por el Empleo de los Mas Vulnerable (“Together for Employment for the Most Vulnerable”)
      • LEAP Mentorship and Coaching Development Programme
      • Leveraging Unique Talents of People with Autism
      • Lifelong Learning Apprenticeship
      • Linking Postgraduate Students with Job Opportunities
      • Localizing a Business Process Outsourcing Industry
    • M-P
      • Made in Italy
      • Management Trainee Programme
      • Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness (MAYA)
      • National Industrial Training Institute
      • National Youth Policy 2014
      • Nayee Disha (“New Direction”)
      • Nestlé needs YOUth
      • Networking Academy
      • Pan African Graduate Development Programme
      • Partnership for Economic Opportunities through Technology in the Americas (POETA)
      • PepsiCo México Foundation
      • Project Business
      • Prominp
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      • Tshepo 10 000 (“Hope”)
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Key Partners

 

Status

Start year of the initiative:
2009 – still ongoing.

Impact

Country(ies) of impact: 
South Africa

   

 

Number of people impacted annually: 
150 university graduates have been placed in schools as teachers.

  

 

Time to intended impact:

Less than 2 years

 

Metrics:

  • Quarterly quantitative reports
  • Number of roadshows by African Rainbow Minerals personnel

Benefit to organization: 

  • Indirect benefit to organization

Key Partners

 

Status

Start year of the initiative:
2009 – still ongoing.

Impact

Country(ies) of impact: 
South Africa

   

 

Number of people impacted annually: 
150 university graduates have been placed in schools as teachers.

  

 

Time to intended impact:

Less than 2 years

 

Metrics:

  • Quarterly quantitative reports
  • Number of roadshows by African Rainbow Minerals personnel

Benefit to organization: 

  • Indirect benefit to organization

TEACH Ambassadors

Submitted by African Rainbow Minerals

Objective

To improve the quality of maths and science education in regions where African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) operates.

Overview and Main Activities

African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) partners with TEACH South Africa, an organization that recruits, trains and places top graduates from fields outside of education, into under-resourced schools as full-time teachers for a minimum of two years. These “TEACH Ambassadors” are top university graduates with Engineering & Science degrees and serve as inspirational teachers and role models, and work to improve the shortage of technical skills. ARM partners with TEACH SA in regions where ARM operates to improve the quality of math and science education and respond to the lack of technical skills.

The public-private partnership model that TEACH SA has with the Department of Education contributes significantly to the sustainability of the programme. The Department of Education endorses the TEACH SA programme and jointly oversee and administer the programme with TEACH SA through a steering committee and an operational committee.

ARM provides support to TEACH SA by funding Postgraduate Certificates in Education and resources such as computer rooms, libraries and school uniforms. ARM is also engaged in the recruitment, selection and facilitation of leadership training courses for TEACH Ambassadors, providing professional development opportunities to TEACH Ambassadors (in the form of internships and potential placements after they have completed the TEACH programme and coaching and mentoring for TEACH Ambassadors).

The programme reflects South Africa’s objective to: (i) improve proficiency in reading, writing and numeracy, (ii) address the challenges arising from a shortage of qualified teachers, particularly in maths and sciences and, (iii) address imbalances in teacher-student ratios. The programme targets historically under- resourced areas in particular; as progress in maths and sciences has stalled (higher grade maths is not offered at all).

Success Factors and Challenges

Most critical success factors:

  • TEACH SA operational model
  • Programme encourages teaching alumni to campaign for improved education in South Africa after their tenure

Main challenges:

  • Lack of administration in schools
  • Language barrier: the Ambassadors teach in English whereas most teaching and learning is in Afrikaans
  • Living conditions: there is a scarcity of accommodation particularly in the Northern Cape rural areas
  • Ambassadors are called on to teach in areas where teachers do not want to go.
  • Lack of teaching resources
  • Inadequate infrastructure: especially transport

Replicability and Scalability

How easily could other organizations implement this initiative?
Difficult: There are difficulties in implementation due to administration challenges in schools.

How easily can this initiative be expanded to include a larger number of participants?
Easy: The programme can leverage the talent of recent tertiary graduates from all disciplines as educators within rural disadvantaged schools.

About the Organization

Website: www.arm.co.za
Sector: Mining and Metals
Size (number of employees): 10,000 – 50,000
Headquarters: Sandton, South Africa

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