Four bursaries have been made available through Aries Solar Power to the community of Kenhardt.
These bursaries are available for 2020 and are open to new artisan study applications, in addition to local teaching, nursing and artisan students who need assistance with tuition fees for 2020.
Three of the four bursaries are earmarked for artisans.
With this approach it is hoped that local unemployment and the shortage of specialist skills and trades will be addressed.
Tsholofelo Moote, economic development practitioner at Aries Solar Power, is hoping that learners and students already studying will be bold and grab this opportunity for funding support.
“If young people study a trade that equips them to start their own businesses, it will help boost local employment and increase the skills pool in the Kenhardt community.”
Tsholofelo says if graduates and young professionals return to this town, it will have a ripple effect.
It will ultimately mean that Kenhardt will no longer need to recruit specialist skills from other parts of the country.
The 2020 academic year bursaries are being promoted at the Kenhardt High School and within the Kai !Garib Municipality.
The applications will close on 31 July.
The primary stipulation is that applicants must live within 50 km from the Aries Solar Power Plant, which is just outside Kenhardt.
Bursary beneficiaries receive tuition fees, travel and accommodation costs, book allowances and even a stipend.
