Describe the program's most important achievements and lessons learned:
Achievements
• Over 3,500 placed and obtain training • A number of young persons received permanent employment • Participants gained valuable work experience/skills • On-the-job training resulted in a change in attitude towards work • The programme provided income for the unemployed • The stipend, though small, assisted with poverty alleviation in households • Non-jobseekers were attracted to the programme
Lessons
• A pre-training programme is needed before placement takes place • The majority of job seekers are females (80% females placed) • A high percentage of teenage mothers are unemployed • There is a high level of functional illiteracy among school dropouts • A wealth of human resource could be mobilised for national service
Describe the challenges of the program:
1. There is need for a greater level of involvement of all players (private sector, government and NGOs). 2. An increase in the stipend which is very small 3. Closer monitoring of placements
Specify if the program has any internal and external evaluations, if applicable, include key findings:
Internas: No
Externas: Si
