Who is it for?
The core beneficiaries of the Skills for Life (S4L) project are young women and men enrolled within the South African Public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college system. Public TVET college campuses are most often located in low-income communities and the system is designed as an alternative secondary education pathway, particularly for students who only completed up to Grade 9 of the mainstream academic secondary schooling system. For these reasons, the system primarily serves students from historically disadvantaged communities in South Africa, with black African students comprising 90% of enrolments, and 40% of students receiving need-based financial aid.
