Thesis (MTech (Human Resource Management)--
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009 / Learnerships, which are embedded in the skills development strategy for South
Africa, have been heralded as the panacea for all shortcomings experienced in
the labour market and poverty alleviation in society. Learnerships are
vocational education and training programmes, and are purported to fast track
acquisition of qualifications for predominantly lower and unskilled workers,
equipping them with knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience. At the same
time learnerships afford learners an opportunity to enhance their individual
employability potential by obtaining a qualification on successful completion of
a learnership programme.
Anecdotal evidence, however, suggests that learnerships have not been able to
deliver on some of its main objectives such as improved employability and
living standards of learners. The Department of Labour has placed prominence
on quantities and focus on meeting targeted quotas, while insufficient emphasis
is placed on efficacy of learnership programmes in terms of its benefits for
individual learners.
This study investigates opinions of learners who are enrolled in a learnership
programme in order to examine their perceptions of a learnership qualification
as an enabler for personally enhanced employability and consequent improved
living standards.
A mixed methods approach was used for the research study in the form of a
quantitative survey questionnaire, followed by a qualitative study which used
focus group interviews.
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| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | De Louw, Lynette Angela |
| Publisher | Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/za/ |
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