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Farm Worker
ABET Programme
Our Adult Basic Education and Training Programme - in
collaboration with MEDIA-WORKS - aims at affording farm
employees an opportunity to enhance their literacy- and numeracy-,
as well as life-, skills. This programme is funded by AGRI-SETA.
Learners are firstly assessed to ensure that they are placed at
the correct starting level. Assessment is done to prevent
learners from finding the programme too difficult or too easy.
There are currently four farms in the Kokstad and Cedarville
area that have learners who are enrolled on this programme.
Computers and workbooks are supplied to each farm (1 computer
per 10 learners) and become the property of the farm over the
course of time. Learners are currently enrolled in English
Literacy Level 1, English Literacy Level 2 and IsiXhosa Level 1.
Three farms - Felstead Farm, Fallodon Farm and Palmiet Farm -
have learners who wrote their first exam on the 6th of December
2007 at the Scientific Roets Learning Centre in Kokstad. These
learners are anxiously awaiting their results from the IEB so
that they can move to the next level. Paradise Farm, which is
the 4th farm to join the programme has learners who are will be
writing their exams in February 2007.
Sceintific Roets (PTY) Ltd acts a link between farms,
MEDIA-WORKS and Agri-SETA and ensures the smooth running of the
programme on all the farms. Scientific Roets has 6 qualified
ABET facilitators, two of whom visit each farm weekly for
facilitation and administration. Facilitators print reports,
mark workbooks, load workbook scores and conduct facilitation
and giving learners extra homework. Scientific Roets is also
responsible for monthly reporting to MEDIA-WORKS/Agri-SETA.
MEDIA-WORKS/Agri-SETA is responsible for moderation of the ABET
project.
This progamme is ensuring that farm employees become better
citizens and better employees to their employers. These learners
are showing a lot of enthusiasm, dedication and determination.
It is delightful to see older people who were never before able
to read and write their names, achieve and surpass this
milestone. This programme is an example where Scientific Roets
supports the National Skills Development Strategy of “Life-long
Learning”.
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