Ed-tech start-up CoGrammar is inviting unemployed matriculants and graduates to apply for its six-month coding programme.
The UK-headquartered start-up was established in 2016, with the majority of its staff based in its Cape Town offices.
Last year, CoGrammar received financial backing from Facebook and Google, and is on a quest to create job opportunities for 200 prospective code-quality assurance engineers, software engineers and Web developers by 2020.
The local coding programme, held in partnership with Cape Town-based non-governmental organisation, Salesian Life Choices, is in line with CoGrammar'svision to arm SA's youth with IT skills over the next two years.
The initiative will take 66 unemployed matriculants and graduates for a tuition-free six-month full-time coding programme at its Cape Town campus.
Riaz Moola, CEO of CoGrammar, says participants will develop a technology skill-set which will adequately prepare them for employment, using CoGrammar's platform or the company's partner-owned tools.
"The application of our triple-outcomes approach will teach a combination of Web development, software engineering and code review skills, which are critical to accelerating the progress of our marginalised youth to counter unemployment and non-inclusive growth.
"Our focus on 'people-first' combined with our human code review methodology and practical workplace-ready approach sets trainees on a triple-outcomes career path in tech," he explains.
The programme is open to South African citizens or valid visa-holders aged between 18 and 25 years, who obtained an average of 60% in English and a pass in mathematics or mathematical literature in their final year of secondary education.
Applicants should not have work or study commitments so that they can fully commit to the programme. No prior coding skills are required, but applicants must enjoy problem-solving, be attentive to detail, communicate confidently with good writing skills, and have a positive attitude.
While the programme is tuition-free, transport to the training venue and any accommodation-related expenses are the responsibility of the applicant, notes Moola.
With the training programme being industry-focused and technology-job-oriented, trainees will acquire skills that are in global demand, helping to combat the high unemployment rate in SA, continues Moola.
"Our practical workplace-ready approach has proven to lead to better learning outcomes and increased chances of employability of learners in a short space of time, as evidenced by our 95% graduate placement rate recorded in our most recently published Graduate Report," Moola points out.
The training is scheduled to run from 24 April to 24 October.
Interested applicants can apply online and complete the compulsory assessments before 7 April.
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