source: Sunday Standard
by Thato Molefe
25.11.2007 10:16:15 P
The Ministry of Education is introducing and phasing in an entrepreneurship education program developed by a United Nations agency, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in 1997. The program, titled Know About Business (KAB), will be introduced in 10 senior secondary schools, and 3 vocational institutions.
KAB was launched in May last year and will be first taught in the next school year. The program is designed to induct entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviour into students aged between 15 and 25.
Geneva-based Klaus Haftendorn, who is Global Coordinator of Know About Business, spoke to The Sunday Standard at Enterprise Botswana premises, during his recent trip to Gaborone.
“Jobs are in demand worldwide, in developing countries 50 percent of the population are under the age of 25, the labour market cannot absorb them all,” Haftendorn said. “What KAB does is convert jobseekers into job creators.”
The program has been introduced in more than [continue reading]
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