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W&RSETA’s contribution to the national skills development

agenda in 2022/23

he W&RSETA has set 28 targets on skills development priorities aligned to the National Skills Development Plan (NSDP) which are
Tpart of 34 targets that the W&RSETA has committed to achieve in the 2022/23 financial year. These targets are derived from the
eight outcomes of the NSDP and the W&RSETA aims to implement programmes in the Wholesale and Retail Sector to contribute towards
the goals of the NSDP as follows:

NSDP Outcomes W&RSETA targets

Award bursaries as follows:
• Management development programmes:
o 60 ILDP
o 320 RMDP
o 15 Masters/PhD

1. Identify and increase production of occupations • Undergraduate programmes on scarce and critical skills:
in high demand o 1000 new students
o 500 continuing students

• 500 learners enrolled on artisan and technician programmes
• 50 unemployed learners enrolled on candidacy programmes

• Place 2400 learners from TVET colleges and HETs in Work
Integrated Learning (WIL) programmes
2. Linking education and the workplace
• 850 learners from TVET and HETs completing WIL
programmes

3. Improving the level of skills in the South African • 4850 employed learners completing learning programmes
workforce addressing hard-to-fill vacancies

• 10 000 unemployed learners registered on learning
programmes
4. Increase access to occupationally directed • 9800 employed learners registered in NQF 2-5 learnerships
programmes
or occupational programmes and 5000 unemployed learners
completing

• Support 4 centres of specialisation
• 16 partnerships with TVETs to improve delivery of retail and
related qualifications
5. Support the growth of the public college system
• Maintain presence at 34 TVET colleges
• Partner with CET colleges to improve delivery of retail and
related programmes

Support:
6. Skills development support for entrepreneurship • 120 co-operatives and community-based entities
and cooperative development • 2700 informal traders and 2700 small and micro
• 250 entrepreneurs

• 211 career development interventions
7. Support career development services • 500 learners/unemployed persons to be assisted to access
W&RSETA opportunities

• 1152 trade union beneficiaries supported to enter and
8. Encourage and support worker initiated training
complete capacitation programmes

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