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February 27, 2014 Mthatha Express
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CDC launches the tenth extension of driver training programme in province REPORTER THE Coega Development Corporation (CDC) celebrated the tenth extension of its driver training programme to an Eastern Cape (EC) higher education institution – this time in the rural area of iDutywa. A State-of-the-art driver simulator was handed over to the King Hinsta FET College and the Mbhashe Municipality last week Thursday, to coincide with the country’s state of the nation address by President Jacob Zuma. The CDC presented the simulator to the King Hinsta FET College and the Mbhashe Municipality for the rollout of the driver training simulator programme that would benefit youth and the unemployed in the areas of iDutywa, Gatyana (Willowvale) and Xhora (Elliotdale). King Hinsta FET College is the tenth higher education institute to benefit from the CDC’s skills development programme, which is designed to ensure that young and unemployed people have greater access to the job market by possessing a key skill. IDutywa, Gatyana and Xhora are predominantly rural areas with high levels of poverty and unemployment. The driver training programme is expected to “contribute towards the socio-economic development of marginalised members of the community who need assistance in obtaining drivers’ licences to enter the labour market,� said the CDC. The driver simulator-based training is the first step in a comprehensive driver training programme and affords first-time drivers the opportunity to learn in a safe, simulated environment before venturing out onto the road. “Young people who have an education often lack basic essential skills, like driving, limiting their access to the job market. The CDC wants to ensure that young people have access to our world-class driver training programme that provides crucial skills and enables employability,� said Ayanda Vilakazi, CDC head of marketing and communications. National Youth Development Agency coordinator for the Mbhashe Municipality, Zintle Ngceba, was pleased with the support from the youth in the area – who attended the launch in large numbers. “A driver’s licence is more often than not considered a prerequisite to obtaining employment. The CDC is making a significant impact on the lives of the youth and unemployed from these rural areas with this fantastic opportunity. We support this programme and I look forward to its future success,� said Ngceba. The driver simulators are compliant with the K53 driving curriculum, and cover the modules of identification of components,
pre-trip inspection, starting procedures, moving-off and changing gears, handling of vehicle (hand-eye co-ordination exercises), parallel parking, alley docking, turn in the road, incline start, highway driving (with different weather conditions), city driving in basic and advance mode and a yard summary. A progress report is also generated after the completion of each module for the bene-
gramme at Sabelele Village (Chris Hani Municipality). The programme is provided free of charge to the identified beneficiaries in line with the CDC’s Corporate Social Investment programme and has yielded significant successes. During the 2013/14 financial year alone, 635 people have obtained their drivers’ licences and 2 814 had been trained for learner licences.
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At the simulator launch at King Hintsa FET College in Idutywa, Mbhashe Municipality, were King Zwelonke Sigcau (seated), (from left to right) Duncan Lepotla, Cllr Mbongi Noyila, Zandisile Ntshwanti and Patrick Mdinwa. PHOTO:SUPPLIED fit of the user of the driver simulator. Drivers are trained for a Code 8 licence. Simulator training is followed by on-road training under the guidance of trained instructors. Since the launch of the driver training programme in 2008, the CDC have partnered with various institutions of higher learning to extend the programme to reach the greater EC and other parts of the country. “Participants spend a minimum of 20 hours on the simulators which has created a greater success ratio which we want to maintain, since it means that hundreds of disadvantaged people would now have a worthwhile skill, enabling them to get a job and contribute to the local economy,� said Vilakazi. Eight other higher learning institutions in the EC are already benefitting from the Coega driver training programme thus far and include: Buffalo City College in East London, Lovedale FET College in King Williams Town, Eastcape Midlands College in Uitenhage, Ikhala College in Queenstown, Ingwe FET College in Mbizana, Port Elizabeth College in Struandale, Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha and Amajingqi Traditional Council in Willowvale. The CDC also implemented the pro-
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