Despite the gains from South Africa’s democracy, considerable work needs to to be done to ensure we develop an educated workforce that will not only seek employment but also create jobs through entrepreneurial opportunities.

Yet South Africa is facing a critical challenge of high youth unemployment, with over 60% of 15-24-year-olds struggling to find meaningful employment. This issue impacts the nation’s social fabric and threatens its future stability.

Integrating entrepreneurial programmes in the education curriculum can enable learners to gain the know-how of solving societal problems so that they can develop solutions to alleviate poverty, reduce unemployment and improve their environmental wellbeing even after they have exited the education system without matric.

At Future Nation College, we recognise the importance of equipping teachers with how to teach entrepreneurship in the classroom to equip our youth with essential skills for their and our country’s future. That’s why we offer two New Venture Creation / Entrepreneurship training programmes:

1. FNC New Venture Creation Skills Programme (which has an NQF level 2) equips practitioners with foundational knowledge and practical skills necessary for effective entrepreneurship teaching.

2. 11 FNC SACE-Endorsed New Venture Creation Short Courses offers teachers the opportunity to earn CTDP while learning how to bring entrepreneurship into the classroom. This enables practitioners to continually improve their teaching practices, better meet the needs of their learners and contribute to the overall advancement of entrepreneurship skills in South Africa.