The Department of Basic Education announced that Phase IV will offer job opportunities to 255 100 youth across the nine provinces in around 20 000 public ordinary schools and schools for learners with special education needs (LSEN).

"Phase IV comes as the country‘s youth have reaped the benefits of more than 850 000 job opportunities coupled with the training that was offered throughout this initiative, “ the department said.

 The applications officially opened on 26 September 2022 and close on 16 October 2022. Interviews will take place in November and December 2022.

All young people aged 18 to 34 years residing within a 5km radius of a school (or 30km from a farm school), are requested to register on SAYouth.mobi and apply for the Education Assistant and General School Assistant job opportunities.

An applicant doesn't need a matric certificate for a General Assistant position. You can't apply if you've been an education or school assistant before. 

"There is no cost to the youth for accessing SAYouth.mobi, as the site is zero-rated. There will be no applications at schools," the department said.

The opportunities have been distributed as follows among provinces:

Eastern Cape: 40 100

Free State: 15 500

Gauteng: 40 000

KwaZulu-Natal: 58 500

Limpopo: 35 000

Mpumalanga: 22 000

Northern Cape: 7 000

North West: 16 000

Western Cape: 21 000

National total: 255 100

The department has requested youth to note that, according to the new case law, any person working with vulnerable people (learners and disabled people) needs to be vetted, hence for Phase IV this is a requirement for placement.

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