Kwa-Thema – Larger Well being, in collaboration with the Division of Larger Training and Coaching (DHET), hosted the 2025 Youth Day occasion at Ekurhuleni East TVET School.
Greater than a thousand college students from TVET faculties, neighborhood faculties, and universities stuffed the campus corridor. Most attended to obtain their completion certificates for the groundbreaking Larger Well being Civic and Smooth Expertise NQF Stage 5 QCTO qualification.
Thembeka Zulu, one of many graduates, recommended the programme for equipping her with the abilities to drag herself out of a darkish place.
“My mother and father had been unemployed. I labored at Decide n Pay after college simply to make ends meet for my household of six. You’ll be able to think about my pleasure and reduction after I met somebody who may deal with me for a change.
“I believed he was my Prince Charming, the person who would save my life — solely to find that he would make my life a dwelling hell,” she defined.
Zulu mentioned the connection shortly turned abusive.
She stayed, nonetheless, as a result of her associate supported her and her household financially. Regardless of this, she managed to move matric, and lobola was paid for her.
“I really like learning, however that chance was additionally taken away from me,” she added.
Through the relationship, she grew to become severely depressed and was ultimately admitted to a psychiatric ward for 21 days. Zulu mentioned she finally discovered the energy to use to South West Gauteng School, the place she enrolled within the increased well being programme.
The Nationwide Larger Well being Civic Training and Smooth Expertise Programme was designed to handle the non-public and social challenges going through youth.
Crr Mzilianda Ngwena and Minister DR and sweetness is beneath an occasion occasion at EEC at Thema campus.
Modules cowl subjects equivalent to civic engagement, peer training, gender range and equality, psychological well being, incapacity, communicable illnesses, and substance abuse.
The co-curricular programme runs independently of the tutorial curriculum.
“Permit me to reintroduce myself. I’m not only a survivor of GBV. I’m somebody who’s therapeutic, rising, and reclaiming her energy.
There was a time after I lived in silence, carrying the load of one thing that was by no means mine to bear. However I’ve come to grasp that my voice issues. My story issues,” she mentioned.
Minister of Larger Training Dr Nobuhle Nkabane famous that analysis exhibits 85% of job success is attributed to smooth expertise, underlining the significance of fostering civic training and smooth expertise amongst younger folks.
Minister of upper training Dr Nobuhle Nkabane, behind her is CEO of Larger Well being Professor Ramneek Ahluwalia on the youth occasion at EEC Kwa-Thema campus.
“Youth unemployment in South Africa stays one of many highest on the earth, particularly amongst black ladies in rural communities. So, our interventions should go deeper to handle the challenges confronted by these in rural areas,” she mentioned.
Nkabane added that options are coming not solely from authorities however from the youth themselves.
“This pioneering initiative is the primary of its type in Africa, developed in collaboration with UNESCO and aligned with the 17 sustainable growth objectives.
“It stands as a beacon of empowerment for the youth, making ready them to be brokers of constructive change of their communities and broader society,” she mentioned.
To take part within the programme, one should:
• Be a registered pupil, lecturer, or workers member at any PSET establishment
• Have a working e mail handle
• Be capable of entry the web
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