ABOUT GETON

The GetOn Skills Development Centre in Pretoria, was established in 2006 with the aim of instilling fundamental skills within impoverished communities in Pretoria, Gauteng. GetOn aims to alleviate poverty through training programmes that include - Basic Computer Skills, Office Administration, Point-of-Sale, Bake for Profit, Barista Skills, Entrepreneural trining, GetOn Enterprise Development (GED), Life Skills and Basic Business Skills training.

GetOn Skills Development Centre provide training to students between the ages of 18-30 of whom 100% of our students are black South Africans. We play a prominent role in the retail sector in Pretoria, as we provide high calibre staff that have exceeded in our holistic training programmes that integrates Life Skills and Business Skills into all the courses, into the economic workforce of South Africa. We work with corporate and retail partners to ensure all GetOn courses are presented on the required level and that the content is locally relevant to the needs of industry.

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DO YOU KNOW YOUR COUNTRY?

Did you know that only 34.8% of the pupils who started school in 2002 in South Africa completed secondary education (Grade 12 / matric) in 2013, while 5.8% of the adult population had received no education at all? (Stats South Africa Household Survey 2012). South Africans are faced with a major problem of escalating levels of unemployment (26.7% in the first quarter of 2016). Leaving over 5 million people unemployed, this high unemployment clearly contributes to the tensions that this wonderful country still faces on a daily basis.

Research shows that over 60% of households in Atteridgeville, an informal settlement in Pretoria are living on less than R1600 per month often sustaining a family of five. (Less than a US$1.00 per person per day).

When you are stuck in a hopeless situation of poverty and unemployment, it is not easy to keep believing in a better future. It is GetOn Skills Development continuous mission to influence and contribute to poverty alleviation in the community. We do this for those people who have the passion and motivation to better their economic situation.