This reading competition is one of our annual highlights on the AET calendar! We have so many success stories from our Adult Education Training programme: people have acquired new skills, gone on to complete matric, registered for further studies, moved up in their careers and so much more. This programme is offered to all City staff who do not have a first qualification on the National Qualifications Framework. I therefore wish to encourage employees from all directorates to motivate colleagues who qualify to apply,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Corporate Services, Alderman Theresa Uys.
The Adult Education and Training (AET) Reading Competition is hosted in collaboration with Smartcape Libraries, who provide judges to assess the students’ reading skills during the competition. The judges use the reading pieces selected in partnership with AET facilitators based on the curriculum and AET levels. Winners are awarded first, second and third positions respectively and a certificate for participation and hard work.
This reading competition is one of our annual highlights on the AET calendar! We have so many success stories from our Adult Education Training programme: people have acquired new skills, gone on to complete matric, registered for further studies, moved up in their careers and so much more. This programme is offered to all City staff who do not have a first qualification on the National Qualifications Framework. I therefore wish to encourage employees from all directorates to motivate colleagues who qualify to apply,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Corporate Services, Alderman Theresa Uys.
The Adult Education and Training (AET) Reading Competition is hosted in collaboration with Smartcape Libraries, who provide judges to assess the students’ reading skills during the competition. The judges use the reading pieces selected in partnership with AET facilitators based on the curriculum and AET levels. Winners are awarded first, second and third positions respectively and a certificate for participation and hard work.
‘Interested City staff are assessed and placed in applicable levels which range from AET Levels one to Level four after the information roadshows conducted by AET facilitators. Obtaining the General Education and Training Certificate enables employees to access further developmental and promotional opportunities in the City, and enable them to enrol for Grades 10, 11 or Matric and vocational training,’ added Alderman Uys.
The reading competition itself is designed to showcase and promote increased literacy skills within the workplace.
‘I never thought that completing this Adult Education Training would take me so far in life. I never thought I would be one of those people who can type and even send an email using a computer. I am just a licenced plumber. I was even able to enrol for my matric online, all by myself,’ said Reeza Samaai, who went through all four levels of the AET programme and currently works in the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate.
The AET programme:
· has been running successfully and empowering staff for over 25 years
· attracts participants aged between 25 and 65 years, with the majority falling within the 40 to 55 age bracket
· the participants are from areas across the metro including Strand, Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Kraaifontein, Joe Slovo, Langa, Athlone and Gugulethu, among others.
‘I really did not even think I could make it past level two. It was hard! I just did not think I was smart enough to study at the age of 51. Being able to read has really boosted my confidence. It has made me curious and wanting to learn more,’ said Electricity Generation and Distribution general worker, Veronica Pekeur, who took first place in the Level four category.
‘I am going to ace Level three and Level four next year, get my driver’s licence and I also plan to study further. My aim is to go as high as being a supervisor here at the City,’ said Recreation and Parks general worker, Nontsizi Qekeza, who took first place in the Level two category.
‘Interested City staff are assessed and placed in applicable levels which range from AET Levels one to Level four after the information roadshows conducted by AET facilitators. Obtaining the General Education and Training Certificate enables employees to access further developmental and promotional opportunities in the City, and enable them to enrol for Grades 10, 11 or Matric and vocational training,’ added Alderman Uys.
The reading competition itself is designed to showcase and promote increased literacy skills within the workplace.
‘I never thought that completing this Adult Education Training would take me so far in life. I never thought I would be one of those people who can type and even send an email using a computer. I am just a licenced plumber. I was even able to enrol for my matric online, all by myself,’ said Reeza Samaai, who went through all four levels of the AET programme and currently works in the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate.
The AET programme:
· has been running successfully and empowering staff for over 25 years
· attracts participants aged between 25 and 65 years, with the majority falling within the 40 to 55 age bracket
· the participants are from areas across the metro including Strand, Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Kraaifontein, Joe Slovo, Langa, Athlone and Gugulethu, among others.
‘I really did not even think I could make it past level two. It was hard! I just did not think I was smart enough to study at the age of 51. Being able to read has really boosted my confidence. It has made me curious and wanting to learn more,’ said Electricity Generation and Distribution general worker, Veronica Pekeur, who took first place in the Level four category.
‘I am going to ace Level three and Level four next year, get my driver’s licence and I also plan to study further. My aim is to go as high as being a supervisor here at the City,’ said Recreation and Parks general worker, Nontsizi Qekeza, who took first place in the Level two category.
