Cape Town - More than 250 000 young people are expected to be hired as teacher assistants and general workers at schools across the country.
This, as applications for Phase Four of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) in the sector officially opened on Monday and will close on October 16, 2022.
The youths will be placed in around 20 000 public schools and at schools for learners with special education needs (LSEN) as teacher assistance and general workers.
As Phase Three recently ended the Department of Basic Education said the majority of the stipends were paid out, adding the provincial education departments (PEDs) were working on ensuring the rest of the payments are made soon.
“Phase Four comes as the country‘s youth have reaped the benefits of more than 850 000 job opportunities coupled with training that was offered throughout this initiative. The applications are now officially open. This gives all the youth 3 weeks for applications,” the department said.
All the youth aged 18-34 years residing within a radius of 5km from a school, are requested to register on SAYouth.mobi and apply for the Education Assistant and General School Assistant job opportunities.
The department has requested youth to note that, according to the new case law, any person working with vulnerable people (learners and disabled people) needs to be vetted, hence for Phase Four this was a requirement for placement.
The department said that it would communicate more information on requirements for placement in the next media statement.
Cape Times