Primary and Secondary Education The initial socio-economic survey will determine the need for schools and where they should be located to best serve the community. The construction or rehabilitation of schools will be done in partnership with the local government and its commitment to making the schools operational with personnel and learning material. Teacher housing should also be considered in any school infrastructure project, as teachers are more likely to honour their community posts if they are based locally. .
ÂAside from the physical construction or rehabilitation of schools, there are other areas to contribute that have a big impact in incentivizing students to stay in school:
A big factor for the long-term sustainability of the ZTC will be the ability to train the local workforce to run the operations. While it is understandable that the first phases of the project will depend on externally sourced talent, every operational expatriate should identify and train âon-the-jobâ a local substitute to eventually replace him or her, placing them through vocational training and certification courses when necessary.
Given the long-term impact that local capacity building will have on the communities as well as the project, professional training programs will be a component that the community relations (CR) and human capital (HC) teams should structure in conjunction.
In situ training will be conducted in farming, game ranging, hospitality and catering, housekeeping, forestry (tree planting), woodwork and carpentry, game fencing and electrification, electricians, mechanics, machine operators and drivers, canoe river guides, skippers license and general maintenance.
Internal (HC) and external (CR) training on:
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