- Title
- The efficacy of learnerships for people with disabilities in the Western Cape
- Creator
- Merrill, Tamara
- Subject
- People with disabilities -- Employment -- South Africa -- Western Cape
- Subject
- People with disabilities -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Western Cape
- Subject
- Discrimination against people with disabilities
- Date Issued
- 2012
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9033
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1663
- Identifier
- People with disabilities -- Employment -- South Africa -- Western Cape
- Identifier
- People with disabilities -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Western Cape
- Identifier
- Discrimination against people with disabilities
- Description
- Despite efforts to promote increased employment, people with disabilities are considerably underrepresented in the workplace. As a flagship model of skills development, the researcher conducted a longitudinal study of learners with disabilities and Learnership stakeholders to identify successes, challenges and long-term outcomes of a Western Cape Learnership. The research relies heavily upon the experiences of the Learnership stakeholders, particularly learners with disabilities, to articulate how experiences are impacted by the model design as well as societal factors. What is revealed is a social and political context whereby the artefacts of the past amalgamate with present actions of redress, which impact strategies to better prepare learners with disabilities to integrate into the formal economy. The findings examine the impacts of Learnership design and implementation; interconnectedness between disability, race and poverty; influence of government and policy; and overall efficacy.
- Format
- 114 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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