A Critical Evaluation of Training within the South African National Public Works Programme

Autor/in	Mccord, Anna
Titel	A Critical Evaluation of Training within the South African National Public Works Programme
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 57 (2005) 4, S.563-585 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Criticism; Work Experience; Unemployment; Labor Market; Vocational Education; Program Evaluation; Job Skills; Skill Development; Public Policy; Unskilled Workers; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kritik; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Produktive Fertigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Unskilled worker; Hilfsarbeiter; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article explores the ability of the training and work experience offered under public works programmes to promote employment in South Africa. Public works are a key component of South African labour market policy and are ascribed considerable potential in terms of addressing the core challenge of unemployment. However, despite this policy prominence, the labour market impact of the training component of such programmes has not been studied systematically in South Africa, from either a theoretical or empirical basis, and this article attempts to provide an initial critique of the programme from both perspectives. This article outlines the unemployment situation in South Africa and the training component of the government's national public works programme, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), which was developed to enhance workers' skills and labour market exposure, and thereby improve their subsequent employment performance. Theoretical and empirical arguments are used to develop a critique of the training component of the programme, and the article concludes by arguing that, as currently conceptualised, the national public works programme is unlikely to have a significant impact on skills development or unemployment, due the structural nature of unemployment, excess supply of low and unskilled labour, and the high skills growth strategy adopted by government. (Contains 2 figures, 1 table and 23 notes.) (Author).
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