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targets Ithala clients, students, entrepreneurs and Ithala Edu Platform
ordinary people. MoneyTalks offers practical easy to The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent national
follow guide and tools to help people to create wealth. lockdown resulted in school learners losing
MoneyTalks wealth creation formula: substantial tutoring in their school academic years
since 2020. Some schools and learners with access
Get out of Debt to technology and resources were able to follow
Start Saving online and intermittent schooling during lock-
Start Investing down periods.
Build Multiple Sources of Income
However, many learners from disadvantaged back-
MyBest Childhood Foundation grounds and areas were left behind and needed
Ithala SOC Limited partnership with MyBest assistance to catch-up.
Childhood Foundation is aimed at assisting previously The Ithala Education Trust responded to this need
disadvantaged learners in remote areas where schools by introducing the online Ithala Education Platform
are often overlooked and under resourced. The to assist learners. The online tutoring is delivered in
partnership focuses on the following projects that will partnership with the GoDigitalSA Foundation – the
be delivered by My Best Childhood Foundation: development and implementation partner in this
School Feeding Scheme programme.
Vegetable Garden Programme
School Signage The Platform contributes to assisting Grade 12 learners
with their examination results, their wellness, and their
Ithala Digital Skills Development Programme career choices.
The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) is changing the way The tutoring covers Accounting, English (First
we live, work and interact. New digital technologies Additional Language), Computer Applications Tech-
are merging with human physical lives and totally nology, Geography, isiZulu (Home Language), Mathe-
transforming how everyday activities are performed matics, Physical Science – and the added value of
and the skills required to navigate this new world of 4IR. Wellness, Career Guidance, and Digital and Financial
Digital skills are becoming a critical success factor across Literacy. The Programme was enhanced in 2021 to
all spheres of life. include the Advanced Pillar of Digital Literacy and
Financial Literacy.
Ithala Education Fund has partnered with GoDigital
Foundation (NGO focusing on training the youth on Media partners like Sajonisi Radio, VoiceFM, and Anchor
digital skills) to hold digital skills training for learners FM enable the broadcasting of revision tutoring on the
from rural areas. The programme targets 150 learners seven subjects. This online Platform is now called the
annually in foundation, intermediate and senior phase. Ithala Edu Platform. (https://myithala.education)
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