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    Junior Achievement SA signs partnership with PMI

    JA South Africa is pleased to announce the partnership with Project Management Institute (PMI) chapter South Africa. This morning, the two parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will see project management  introduced as part of the JASA flag ship Enterprise Programme (EP). The EP, which sees Grade 11 learners start-up an enterprise and run it for three months, is a strategic programme that provides practical entrepreneurial skills.

    The introduction of project management to this flagship programme compliments the critical skills gained through Enterprise Programme provides” , says JASA Managing Director Nelly Mofokeng.

    Through the signing of this MOU, we are helping learners to collaborate, organise, create, plan think critically and get things done. Together JASA and PMI are developing future leaders with invaluable skills,” says Otema Yirenkyi, PMI Global Vice President.

    JASA has been spearheading entrepreneurship in schools  for the past forty years on the three pillars of entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy and has reached over 500 000 students since 1979.  As a leader in this space, JASA continues to purposefully craft opportunity makers.

    We look forward to further broadening our reach in this dynamic space and look forward to a fruitful partnership, Mofokeng added.