Incorporating entrepreneurial programme into education system won't change curriculum
Currently, South Africa uses the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement, known as CAPS.
Speaking at a dialogue on Monday hosted at Birchwood Hotel, east of Johannesburg, the minister was joined by an inter-departmental team and funders like the European Union (EU).
They were engaging on how to nationalise the Entrepreneurship, Education and Employability Initiative, which was, in 2018, tested on 73 schools.
The programme teaches learners from a foundation phase on how to think innovatively and create jobs.
Gwarube said this will help deal with the unemployment crisis.
'What we are saying is that already in our schools there is an offering in terms of subjects and in schools of skill. We have technical and vocational training, but how do we introduce entrepreneurial training so that we don't only produce job seekers but people who are going to be problem solvers, innovators?'
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