The Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) programme was introduced to provide employment opportunities for the unemployed youth of South Africa. Through the programme, these individuals will receive training which will provide them with the necessary skills for future employment.
As teaching assistants, they assist the teacher in the classroom with various tasks and also provide additional support to the learners. During their time at the schools, they develop skills which would be useful in other disciplines and also provides them with work experience that many employers look for.
The teaching assistants receive a monthly stipend for the work they do. While all teaching assistants receive the same stipend, each province provides them with the money through different systems.
Every month they receive a stipend of R 4 081.44 before deductions. Deductions include Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) payment which may be used when they become unemployed or within six months of the termination of their employment.
UIF payments will either be made from the Personal and Salary (PERSAL) System, the school or the province. Each province will distribute these payments in different ways to the Department of Labour.
Stipends are provided to assistants via PERSAL or through the schools. PERSAL is a central system used for the administration of the public service payroll. The provinces that use PERSAL, provide the stipends directly to the assistants.
These provinces distribute their stipends in the following way:
- Eastern Cape: PERSAL
- Free State: Direct transfer to schools.
- Gauteng: Direct transfer to schools.
- KwaZulu-Natal: PERSAL
- Limpopo: Transfer to district then district transfers to schools.
- Mpumalanga: Transfer to district then district transfers to schools.
- Northern Cape: PERSAL
- North West: Direct transfer to schools.
- Western Cape: Direct transfer to schools.
February and March 2023 stipends will be paid from unspent funds from Phases 2 and 3 of the PYEI programme. Phase 4 of the programme will use unspent funds from the Phase 3 budget. Approximately 255 100 people are looking to be placed in Phase 4 with a budget of R6 million.
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