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SIMAMA RANTA ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

South African Schools Competition

Building a culture of entrepreneurship

within South African schools one school
at a time
PO Box 150, 49c Stuart Street, Harrismith 9880 South Africa http://www.ewet.org.za
Tel: (058) 6230104 /6230649/6230123 Fax: (058) 6230107 E-Mail: ewet@ewet.org.za
Facebook: EwetEducationWithEnterpriseTrust; Twitter: @EWETian
Registration no. 5961/92. Public Benefit Organization no. 930013786. Non-profit registr. no. 000-383
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11 Principles of good practice in provision of in-school Entrepreneurship Education

Principle no.1: Effective entrepreneurship education is based upon a clear understanding

and communication of what the word entrepreneurship (operational definition) means for
the school, as it is applied to all the related initiatives of the school. Such an understanding
is comprehensive to include thinking, feeling, and behaviour.. Page 19

Principle no. 2: Effective entrepreneurship education utilizes good content syllabi materials
within the classroom, across various subjects as it relates to the Curriculum Assessment
Policy Statement (CAPS) of DBE (Department of Basic Education) .. Page 20

Principle no. 3: Effective entrepreneurship education is depended on the

educators ability to follow innovative teaching approaches that align itself
to facilitation rather than instruction ... Page 21

Principle no. 4: Effective entrepreneurship education ensures continuous educator

development within the field of entrepreneurship education and provides incentives
for those educators who are in pursuit of such excellence Page 22

Principle no. 5: Effective entrepreneurship education links in-school curriculum work

with extra-mural activities where learners are able to apply and practice the theory
through practical activities ... Page 23

Principle no. 6: Effective entrepreneurship education involves parents, community

members, business people, and other relevant stakeholders as partners in the
development of the learners in pursuit of the creation of a culture of entrepreneurship . Page 24

Principle no. 7: Effective entrepreneurship education has clearly defined aims and
objectives that it intends to achieve in a particular school. It measures itself regularly
against these aims and objectives to evaluate progress made and to devise strategy . Page 25

Principle no. 8: Effective entrepreneurship education supports initiatives that have

been initiated by learners in a manner that enhances the self-motivation of such learners ... Page 26

Principle no. 9: Effective entrepreneurship education ensures whole school involvement

in a manner that appreciates and enhances the role that the provincial Department of Basic
Education (DBE), DBE district offices, the School Governing Body (for government schools),
the principal, school management, administrative staff and teaching staff has to play .. Page 27

Principle no. 10: Effective entrepreneurship education promotes entrepreneurship

as a career choice amongst all the learners of a school .. Page 28

Principle no. 11: Effective entrepreneurship education makes use of effective

outreach and networking strategies .. Page 29
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INDEX
1. Introduction ..... Page 3

2. National awards ..... Page 3

3. The Eskom Simama Ranta winners of 2017 . Page 4

4. Expectations of the Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education Awards Winners Page 5

5. Criteria for National Entrepreneurship Education Schools (NEES) and

Provincial Entrepreneurship Education Schools (PEES) .. Page 5

6. Applications submission Page 5

7. Timeline ... Page 6

8. Benefits for all applicants .... Page 6

9. Application process .. Page 6

10. Application Cover Sheet Page 7

11. Demographics and Application Information .. Page 7

12. Narrative ..... Page 7

13. Portfolio ...... Page 8

14. Self-Assessment Score Sheet .... Page 9

15. Deadline ...... Page 9

16. Application cover sheet .... Page 10

17. ESKOM SIMAMA RANTA ENTRY Summary .... Page 11

18. Entrepreneurship Education Quality Standards: A SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR SCHOOLS... Page 12

19. ABOUT Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education Competition .... Page 13

20. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .... Page 13

21. Entrepreneurship Education QUALITY STANDARD .... Page 14

22. ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION QUALITY STANDARDS SCORE SHEET .... Page 15

23. Induction to compile and adjudicate entries .. Page 16

24. Entrepreneurship Education Principles 1 until 11 .. Page 20-30

Budget Template (sample) & Simama Ranta Life Cycle .. Page 30

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Simama Ranta EE

1. Introduction to the National and Provincial Eskom Simama Ranta

Entrepreneurship Education Schools Awards Program

Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education (EE) means empowering (Simama) the South African
economy (Ranta) through entrepreneurship education (EE). This awards program aims to identify,
honour and showcase those South African secondary schools who represent exemplars in
entrepreneurship education. These schools are addressing a crucial top priority South African
challenge in preparing their learners to consider entrepreneurship as a career choice to become
creators of jobs rather than job seekers. The goal of this national program is to provide a variety of
models of comprehensive, quality entrepreneurship education, representing South Africas diverse
education system. Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education will therefore facilitate for the
winning schools to serve as leaders in mentoring other schools.

2. National awards

Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education will select a provincial winning school, provincial
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1 runner-up and provincial 2 runner-up (Provincial Entrepreneurship Education Schools PEES)
from amongst applications received. A panel representing the Department of Basic Education, the
Private Sector and experts in entrepreneurship education, will select a school from amongst these 9
provincial winners to be the national winner (National Entrepreneurship Education School NEES).

Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education competition 28 finalists will be exhibiting their
projects at the Expo, brought to you by Eskom and Thebe Exhibitions & Projects, which will be held in
August / September at The Ticketpro Dome in Northriding, Johannesburg, Gauteng.

Each of these twenty eight winning schools will be invited to send a team to represent their school at
the Expo. The team from each school will consist of one educator and two learners. All travel and
accommodation costs will be paid for by Eskom, as part of their prizes. Each of these winning schools
will have a free exhibition stand at the Expo where thousands of people will visit their exhibitions. The
winners will, furthermore, receive national and local press coverage and will have the right to use the
Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education awards name and logo. All 28 teams will attend the
prestigious Awards function, where the national winner will be announced. The national winning
school, together with the remaining twenty seven provincial winners will each be informed on the grant
they won, at the awards function.

3. The Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education (EE) 2017 winners:

Province Positions Winner District & Area Contact Person

Eastern Provincial Cala Senior Chris Hani East Ms. Qezu Chwayita
Cape winner Secondary District, Cala Mobile: 072 395 4739 / 0636613766
school E Mail: cwaitaqezu@gmail.com
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1 Runner Mpambani Fort Beaufort District, Ms. Ayanda Mxotwa
Up Mzimba High Alice Mobile: 082 713 9433 / 082 205 2126
School E Mail: n.dngqaleni@gmail.com
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2 Runner Pentecost Chris Hani District, Mr. Solomon Mukotami
Up Genius School Covimvaba Mobile:073 9551 506 / 0612083781
E Mail:Solomukotami@gmail.com
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Free Overall Harrismith Thabo Mofutsanyane Ms. Palesa Peggy Keele

State Winner Secondary District, Intabazwe Mobile: 073 7870818 / 058 622 3598
school E Mail: palesakeele@webmail.co.za
Provincial Mookodi Thabo Mofutsanyane Ms. Masera Motaung
winner Secondary , Makeneng Mobile: 0718898508/ 0587890122
School E Mail: mookodiseniorschool@gmail.com
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1 Runner Selelekela Thabo Mofutsanyane Ms. Nqubuka Mmanaledi
Up High School District, Mobile: 083 4161 483
Phuthaditjhaba E Mail:manaledinqunuka@gmail.com
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2 Runner Kgethatsebo/ Thabo Mofutsanyane Ms. Zethu Ntsingila
Up Khethulwazi District, Tshiame C Mobile:073 172 9300/ 0586353348
Secondary E Mail:kgethatsebo@megawifi.co.za
Gauteng Provincial Tharabollo Sedibeng West Ms. Elizabeth Mananki Mokele
winner Secondary District, Palm Springs Mobile: 0721207614 / 0165811745
school E Mail: kakimokele@gmail.com
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1 Runner Lakeside high Sedibeng West Ms. Kolosha Nomteto Plaatje
Up school District, Mafatsane Mobile: 016 581 1535/ 072 063 9431/ 071
126 4748 lakesidesecondary@gmail.com
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2 Runner Ruta Setjhaba Sedibeng West Ms. Moeketsi Motshidisi Alina
Up high school District, Evaton North Mobile: 016 583 0820/ 076 8494 303
E Mail: rutasetjhabasecondary@gmail.com
Kwazulu Provincial Birdswood King Cetshwayo Ms. Dudu Rebecca Mngadi
winner Secondary District, Richardsbay Mobile: 035 786 1228
school E Mail: dmngadi5@gmail.com
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1 Runner Aquadene Uthungulu District, Ms. Ntombifuthi Mbatha
Up Secondary Richardsbay Mobile: 083 691 2588 / 035 798 1906
School E Mail: lophilafuthi@yahoo.com
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2 Runner Ikhandlela King Cetshwayo Ms. Shandu B
Up Secondary District, Esikhawini Mobile:035 337 4824
School E Mail:bonganshandu@gmail.com
Limpopo Provincial Mudimeli high Vhembe District, Mr. Alfred Shonisani Mafukaduvha
winner school Ndzelele village, Mobile: 0725515666
Mudimeli E Mail: namabuduga@mail.com
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1 Runner Dendron high Capricon District, Mr Madibana M.E.
Up school. Dendron Mobile: 079 841 6234
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2 Runner Risinga High Mopani District, Mr. Ndou M.M
Up School Giyani Mobile:072 329457 / 0739693296
E Mail:orifhandou@gmail.com
Mpumala Provincial Ekwazini Nkangala District, Ms. Michelle Langa
nga winner Secondary Mhluzi Mobile: 082 517 2304 / 013 242 1684
school E Mail: tsatjate@gmail.com
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1 Runner Ndlela High Gert Sibande District, Ms. Eunice Thalitha Vilakazi
Up school Elukhanyisweni Mobile:076 705 4048/ 017 826 1669
E Mail: ndlelasec@webmail.co.za
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2 Runner Mhlangana Bohlabela District, Mr. Makhubela Goodwill
Up Secondary Khokhovela Mobile: 063 632 8877/ 081 764 7244
E Mail: goodwill.makhubela1@gmail.com
Northern Provincial Bankhara - John Taolo Gaetsewe Ms. Suzette Fraser
Cape winner Bodulong High District, Bankhara Mobile: 083 384 1250 / 081 8122 032
school Bodulong E Mail: sfraser66@yahoo.com
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1 Runner Boresetse high Francis Baard, Ms. : Mmabatho Mohapi
Up Mataleng Mobile: 079 892 7174
E Mail:boresetsehs@telkomsa.net
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2 Runner Barkley West Francis Baard Ms. Avril Osch
Up high District, Barkley West Mobile: 0716074492/ 0530530529
E Mail: johannessolomons@yahoo.com
North Provincial Tong Dr Ruth Segomotsi Ms. Thebe Claudine Naani
West winner Comprehensiv Mompati, Ganyesa Mobile: 072 570 4687 / 073 0409 460
e high school E Mail: tongcom100@gmail.com
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Province Positions Winner District & Area Contact Person

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1 Runner Huhudi high Dr Ruth Segomotsi Ms. Montle Matiting 078 660 5665
Up school Mompati, Ganyesa Mobile: 081 597 1369
E Mail: montlematiting@gmail.com
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2 Runner Temoso Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mr. Mokgethi M.C.
Up Special school Mompati, Ganyesa Mobile: 071 978 3290
E Mail: ganyesatemosospecial@gmail.com
Western Provincial Usasazo High Central Education Mr. Kadima Eddy Kayembe
Cape winner school District, Khayelitsha Mobile: 084 4638 128 / 076 718 6815
E Mail: kaadyfils3@gmail.com
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1 Runner Maitland High Central Education Mr. Rodney Dyers
Up School District, Maitland Mobile: 073 222 1777 / 021 510 1932
E Mail: ucare.rs@gmail.com
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2 Runner Windermere East Education Mr. Bernard De Louw
Up High School District, Maitland Mobile: 078 666 5262 / 021 5933050
E Mail: bbdelouw@gmail.com

2010 until 2017 - National Entrepreneurship Education Schools (NEES) winners:

In 2010, the Limpopo Province produced the first national winner in the form of Khanyisa Education
Centre (Giyani);
2011s winner was from Gauteng with Beverly Hills High (Evaton);
2012s winner came from Kwa-Zulu Natal in the form of Sakhelwe High school (Ezakheni); 2013s
winner came from the Western Cape through Goodwood College (Ruyterwacht); 2014s Winning
school came from Mpumalanga: Mbambiso High School (Boschfontein Trust land) near Mbombela;
2015s winner came from Western Cape: New Orleans Secondary School (Paarl);
2016s winner from the Free State province is Welkom High School (Welkom);
2017s winner is Harrismith Secondary from the Free State province.

4. Expectations of the Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education

Awards Winners

The national winning school will receive a cash prize of R100, 000, Provincial winning schools will each
receive R50, 000, and first runner-up per province R25, 000 and second runner-up from each of the 9
provinces will receive R10, 000 to enable them to fulfil their role as ambassadors of entrepreneurship
education. The prize money is to be utilised for the learners club and not for the school. They present
at the Expo September at Ticketpro Dome (near Johannesburg) and provide staff development and
mentoring for other educators.

5. Criteria for National Entrepreneurship Education Schools (NEES) and Provincial

Entrepreneurship Education Schools (PEES)

The Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education will select distinctive models that offer
demographic variety in areas such as geographic location, socio-economic status, and grade levels
covered. These schools will become known as the top-rated entrepreneurship education schools in the
9 provinces (PEES) and in South Africa (NEES).

6. Applications submission

All applications must be mailed to Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education competition, c/o
EWET Education with Enterprise Trust, 49c Stuart Street, PO Box 150, Harrismith, 9880. EWETs
Tel (058) 623 0104/0123/0649, Fax (058) 623 0107. E-mail: ewet@ewet.org.za Attention: Eskom
Simama Ranta EE Coordinator.
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7. Timeline

All applicants must mail or fax their applications cover sheet well in time to reach EWET offices by 19
May. Full entries must be forwarded with a post date stamp before or on 15 June. EWETs staff will
review the applications received and identify the highest scoring schools from each province. A site
visit will be executed to each of the 3 highest ranking schools from each province for verification
purposes. The outcome will be the identification of the 27 Provincial Entrepreneurship Education
Schools. A national panel will review the 9 Provincial Entrepreneurship Education Schools to select the
National Entrepreneurship Education School.

8. Benefits for all applicants

Completing the application process is an opportunity to conduct a thorough self-assessment on the

status of entrepreneurship education within the applicants own school. All applicants will receive
detailed feedback in the form of an Entrepreneurship Education Quality Standards score sheet that
includes a quantitative score and written feedback. The Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship
Education competition gives those schools not selected for NEES or PEES an additional month to
apply for a Promising Practice award certificate for a specific activity or strategy described in their
application, and EWET gives their applications special consideration.

9. Application process

The Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education competition application consists of the
following:

An Application Cover Sheet that is within this application pack (page 10) send to schools that
made enquiries and indicated their interest in participation;
A page that describes the Demographics of your learners and teaching staff and other
Application Information;
A 7-page Narrative that explains how your schools entrepreneurship education initiative
exemplifies the Eleven Principles of Entrepreneurship Education;
Up to a 15-page Portfolio that provides supporting evidence for the Narrative
A Self-Assessment Score Sheet using the Entrepreneurship Education Quality Standards
reflecting the results of your schools self-assessment.
A good quality electronic version (for email) of your schools badge (logo).
Pictures (and videos if possible) of your activities.

Mail two copies of the completed application, assembled in the order outlined above, by 15 June.
That is the postmark date, not the arrival date. More detailed information about each piece of the
application follows.
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10. Application Cover Sheet

The Application Cover Sheet is a one pager that applicant schools may develop themselves (or could
request from EWET) with the heading Eskoms Simama Ranta EE The cover sheet must contain the
following information (see page 10):

The name and contact details of the school (postal and physical address, EMIS no., telephone
and facsimile numbers, and e-mail if available).

Gives information of the contact person (name, surname, position, telephone and cellular
phone, e-mail if available.)

Type of school (intermediate or secondary or FET, government or private, and academic or

vocational), grades being presented by the school; number of learners; number of teaching
staff; number of support staff.

From what year does the school deliver Entrepreneurship Education (EE).

Name of the district and province within which the school falls.

Demographics: (farm school, very rural, rural, semi-urban, urban), cost per pupil, % of
learners whose parents pay school fees.

General information: how did the school got to know about Eskom Simama Ranta
Entrepreneurship Education, did the school receive any other previous recognition for their
entrepreneurship education initiatives if so, give brief information.

The particulars of the principal of the school must be stated at the end of the cover sheet,
who must sign it and give the date when signed.

Very Important Notice: the Application Cover Sheet by itself on pages 10 and 11 (two pages
utmost) must be faxed to EWET Fax. (058) 623 0107 as soon as the school starts to prepare
their application/entry this will allow EWET to give support and to record that your application
is in progress. The original will be used as the cover for the full application to be mailed by 15
June.

11. Demographics and Application Information

In a separate one-page document, please provide the following:

Student and staff demographics. Include original mother tongue language, and other pertinent
information.
An explanation of who contributed to completing the Entrepreneurship Education Quality
Standards self-assessment.

12. Narrative

The body of your application should be a 7-page narrative that explains how your schools
entrepreneurship education story exemplifies the Entrepreneurship Education Quality Standards.

Your Narrative should clearly answer the following two questions:

A. What are your goals for entrepreneurship education?

On page 1 of the Narrative, define your schools view of entrepreneurship education and what
difference you intend to achieve through your efforts. Explain what your entrepreneurship education
initiatives are trying to accomplish. Why you selected your project.
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B. How are you implementing entrepreneurship education?

On pages 2 7 of the Narrative, give evidence of your accomplishments in each of the

Entrepreneurship Education Quality Standards. Note that each of the Standards has three or four
scoring items. While you will receive a score for each item based upon the supporting evidence you
provide, it is best not to write a separate paragraph for each item. Rather, write a separate paragraph
(or more) for each Standard and include specific, illustrative examples that address the scoring items.
Keep in mind that to receive a score of 4 on an item, you must show evidence of all the key indicators
of exemplary practice described under each scoring item.

Each section must be clearly numbered with the number of the Principle you are describing. To use
your limited space effectively, only mention information once even if it applies to more than one
Principle. It is not necessary to repeat information. Refer to the pages in your Portfolio that provide
evidence of the Principle, when possible.

The Narrative is your opportunity to supply examples that illustrate and make a persuasive case that
your school has thoughtfully implemented entrepreneurship education and that your initiative has had
positive and significant results. Be sure to provide specific qualitative and quantitative evidence to
support your argument. Provide full data and analysis from measurements that you used. Use
numbers, not percentages, when reporting changes in learners behaviour. When describing activities,
explain how frequently they occur and how many learners they involve. Your Narrative (and Portfolio)
should clearly demonstrate that your community has gathered data reflected upon it, and then acted
as needed.

Finally, if your school is using a commercial program, programs availed to you by a non-profit
organisation or by any service provider, be sure to include a brief explanation of the program.

13. Portfolio

Submit up to a 15-page Portfolio that amplifies and supports your Narrative. The Portfolio should
contain evidence of the effectiveness of your program but should not be an alternative to answering
any of the narrative questions. Items included should be actual documents that lend evidence to what
you have said in your narrative.

Include the following items in your Portfolio if/when possible:

Data on positive behavioural and academic change
Examples of learners work or learners reflections
Lesson plans, assignments, or activities that integrate entrepreneurship education into the
curriculum
Articles from school newsletters or local newspapers
Documentation of staff development, department meeting agendas, or entrepreneurship
education committee agendas or plans
Evidence of the whole school involvement in entrepreneurship events and business related
activities
Examples of parent/community involvement

Guidelines for assembling your Portfolio:

Include a Table of Contents and number the pages.
Do not exceed 15 pages, not including the Table of Contents.
Put evidence in order of the Eleven Principles and label each page with the Principle(s)
addressed.
Use one side only of an A4 page.
Remember that your pages will be copied and possibly scanned. Think of how clearly readers
will be able to see your evidence after it had been reproduced.
Do not reduce items to small that it will not be possible to see it clearly or cover items with
other items.
Put the dates with newspaper articles and other items where the date is important.
Do not include photographs unless there is something important to which it gives evidence.
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Do not include original documents, as Portfolios will not be returned.

Remember to provide a clear electronic copy of your schools badge (logo).
Include pictures and other visuals to show your activities.

14. Self-Assessment Score Sheet

Assemble a group of knowledgeable stakeholders, including officials from your Department of Basic
Educations district office, educators, and business people from your community, parents and learners
to assess your entrepreneurship education initiative using the Entrepreneurship Education Quality
Standards. Send in a compilation score sheet on which you have averaged your stakeholders scores.
Make the score sheet the last page in your application. You could simply copy, use, and submit the
score sheet page in the Entrepreneurship Education Quality Standards.

Please note that all applications become the property of EWET and may be used for
training, promotional, educational purposes and/or media interview purposes?

15. Deadline

Applications must be postmarked by 15 June.

The contact person listed on the application will receive confirmation from EWET.

Application Checklist & Terms and Conditions of the competition guiding the selection
of nominees

Assemble all 26 pages of your completed application in order (following 11 principles).

* Application Cover Sheet (Example: Page 10)
* Eskom Simama Ranta Entry Summary (Example: Page 11)
* Demographics and Application Information page
* 7-page Narrative
* Portfolio Table of Contents
* 15-page Portfolio
* Self-Assessment Score Sheet
* A good quality print of your schools badge (logo).
* Clear pictures with capitation on your activities

Previous Eskom Simama Ranta Winners must be able to:

I. Show that the Whole Prize Money won was spend as on the submitted Budget/
Business Plan
II. Submit All Receipts (copies of original receipts)on the spending of the total Prize
Money (Not invoices or quotations) talking to the submitted budget
III. Give evidence of the work that you did either as a National Entrepreneurship
Education School (NEES) or as a Provincial Entrepreneurship Education School
(PEES)
IV. Show evidence of growth / expansion of business/profits generated by the Prize
Money invested
V. Attach any proof of authorization from EWET to divert from the original submitted
Budget if spending is now different from the Budget
VI. Submission of NEW 2 identical Portfolio of Evidence (with new growth evidence).
Do not resubmit the old file as it is.

The results of the adjudication process are final and cannot be queried or contested.

Make two collated copies and clip each copy together. Do not bind or cover the copies as your
application may need to be copied. Send the two copies to EWET.
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16. Eskoms Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education (EE)

Secondary Schools Competition

APPLICATION COVER SHEET

Fax to: EWET Fax no: (058) 623 0107 /
Or Email: ewet@ewet.org.za

Attention: Simama Ranta Coordinator

Date: (Day)____(Month)______________(Year) 20__ EMIS No. ________________

1. Name of school:

2. Contact details: Postal:

Physical:

Tel.

Fax.

E-mail:

3. Contact person: Name & Surname:

Position:

Tel/Fax:

Cell:

E-mail:

4. Type of school:

5. Enrolment Males:FemaleTotal.

6. No. of teachers Males:FemaleTotal.

7. No. of Club Members Males:FemaleTotal.

8. Year started with (EE):

9. Name of DBE district:

10. Name of province:

11. Demographics:
12. General info: e.g Types of
projects/businesses
13. School principal: Name: Signed:
School stamp:
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17. ESKOM SIMAMA RANTA ENTRY Interview Form

Date:
Name of School

Name of club
Name and surname of
club leaders
Contact numbers

Email address
City and province where
club is located
How long has the club
been in operation?
How many learners are
involved in the club?

Tell us about the club and

what products/services
you provide?

History of the club:

How was it established?

Why was it established?

How has it grown?

The story of the club in a

nutshell.

How are the profits used?

What local charities or

organizations does the
club support?
What has been your
greatest challenge to
date?

What has been your

greatest success to date?

What would winning

mean to you? How would
it boost the club?
What would you do with
the winnings?
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18. Entrepreneurship Education

Quality Standards
A SELF-ASSESSMENT
TOOL FOR SCHOOLS

ABOUT THE QUALITY STANDARDS

Quality Standards is based on EWETs Eleven Principles of Effective Entrepreneurship

Education. Entrepreneurship Education Quality Standards outlines key components of
effective entrepreneurship education and allows schools to evaluate their efforts in relation to
these criteria. This instrument provides a means for educators, principals, and community
members to reflect on current practices, identify short- and long-term objectives, and develop
or improve a strategic plan. Entrepreneurship Education

It is important to clarify a basic definition of what is meant by an entrepreneur within this

niche (based upon the work of Jeffrey A. Timmons) as it will clarify assumptions. We want
for more and more of our learners to make the following statements with confidence
being willing and able :

I am able to create and build a business or organization from practically nothing while
others only work with what is available.

I make things happen for myself by accepting responsibility while others wait for
government or someone else and blame left, right and centre for their sad situation.

I turn a set-back into an opportunity - while others entertain victimhood.

I see a gap - while others think every possible need or want are being addressed effectively.
I sense an opportunity - while others see confusion, chaos and contradictions.
I maintain effort until my objective had been achieved - while others give up.
I build a founding team of talents and expertise around me to complement my abilities in
areas where I am less knowledgeable or skilled - while others lone ranger in arrogance as if
they can do _ and know everything, all by themselves.

I initiate and do - while others are watching, describing and/or analysing.

I have the know-how to find, marshal and control resources (often owned by others) and to
make sure I don't run out of money when I need it most while others cannot find loans or
investments, nowhere and they then run out of money if they do.

I take calculated risk, both personal and financial to then do everything I possibly can to turn
the odds in my favour - while others draw back in fear with poor effort.
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19. ABOUT Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education Competition

South Africa had been rated by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report to have
one of the lowest numbers of entrepreneurs amongst its population compared to other
nations within the developing world. The GEM report advised that entrepreneurship education
represents the most leverage to change this negative into a positive. Urgent action is required
given the finding within the Door Knockers Report where 2,5 million young South Africans
between the ages of 15 and 24 are unemployed and hopeless.

EWET (Education with Enterprise Trust), a Public Benefit Organisation, had been invited by
ESKOM to partner in presenting Simama Ranta EE as part of the National Enterprise
Summit. This is based upon EWETs work and experience in the field since 1992 that
resulted in the Youth Enterprise Society (YES) program, YES Simama Ranta,
Partnerships for Development Models (PDM) and Entrepreneurship Education amongst
others.

The Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education competition is open to all secondary
schools for participation and for the involvement of all those people and organization who are
committed and have a passion towards the creation of a culture of entrepreneurship amongst
our youth. The challenge for the creation of such a culture is of such magnitude and will
require the collaborative efforts of a broad range of stakeholders before effective change will
be achieved.

Please contact EWET ewet@ewet.org.za or Tel. (058) 623 0104 or if you are such a
stakeholder, and wish to become involved? Maybe, we might be able to create a platform
through something like an Entrepreneurship Education Partnership through which, if done
jointly, will enable us to move to true scale?! Such an initiative has to be open, transparent
and accountable based upon demonstrated competence.

20. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

EWET would like to thank the ESKOM Development Foundation for their vision to initiate the
Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education competition. South Africas Department of
Basic Education (DBE) is and had always been a core partner to EWET thank you. The
Character Education Partnership (CAP) is acknowledged for their model framework on which
the inauguration of the Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship Education had been based.
This model served as a sound basis from which Eskom Simama Ranta Entrepreneurship
Education further improved, developed and adapted from lessons learned in the field.
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21. Entrepreneurship Education

QUALITY STANDARDS
Instructions for Use

This assessment instrument is most effective if two or more people participate in the scoring. Often,
entrepreneurship education committees work together to score their school. Committees can
collaborate to create one group score, or committee members can independently score the school and
then compare responses. Each of the Eleven Principles of Effective Entrepreneurship Education has
been delineated in three to four scoring items:

The evaluation steps are as follows:

1. Identify evaluators from the school community or outside sources. It is important that the
evaluators opinions are as objective and nonbiased as possible.
2. After carefully reviewing each of the scoring items in relation to the schools entrepreneurship
education practices, score each item on the following scale:
0 Not evident or visible; poor
1 Some implementation
2 Good implementation
3 Very good implementation
4 Exemplary implementation

Note: Do not be reluctant to give low scores. If a scoring item is not evident or has a low
implementation level, it is important to represent it as such by scoring it as a 0 or 1. If low
scores are not used where appropriate, the final score will be inflated and will not accurately
reflect a programs strengths and weaknesses.

3. Scores should not be based on a simple count of how many of the exemplary practices listed
under the item are in place. The quality, frequency, and intensity of the practice are more
important than the quantity of practices.

4. Avoid assigning fractional scores for individual scoring items (e.g. scores for each scoring item
should be 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, not 1.5, 2.5, etc.).

5. Each principle should receive an average score. The average score is calculated by adding
all of the scoring items under each principle and then dividing that number by the number of
scoring items in that particular principle. For example, Principle 1, Effective entrepreneurship
education is based upon a clear understanding and communication of what the word
entrepreneurship (operational definition) means has three scoring items (1.1, 1.2, and 1.3).
The score for each item should be added together and then divided by three. The average
score for each principle need not be a whole number.

6. The total average score for a school is the sum of the average score for each principle divided
by 11.
Note that this method of scoring gives equal weight to each of the eleven principles, regardless
of the number of scoring items for each principle.
If combining evaluators scores, first determine the average for each principle as measured by
each evaluator and then calculate the total average score by adding the average score of each
principle and dividing by 11.
For example, if one evaluator scored Principle 1 an average score of 2.67, and a second
evaluators average score was 3.0 and a third evaluators score was 2.33, add these three
numbers and divide the sum by the number of evaluators (2.67 + 3.0 + 2.33 = 8.0 divided by 3
evaluators = 2.67).
Do the same for each principle; then, add the averages and divide by 11.

Please feel free to contact EWET (058) 623 0104 with any questions about the scoring procedure?
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22. ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION QUALITY STANDARDS SCORE SHEET

(Please reproduce one per evaluator?)

Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Average

Principle 1

Principle 2

Principle 3

Principle 4

Principle 5

Principle 6

Principle 7

Principle 8

Principle 9

Principle 10

Principle 11

TOTAL (Add
and divide by
11)

Notes:
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THE CULTIVATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITHIN

MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES

INDUCTION

The purpose of this INDUCTION is to orientate stakeholders as well as adjudicators on the

compilation and assessment of entries.

Eskom Simama Ranta is being based upon eleven principles of good practice in the provision of
entrepreneurship education at secondary schools. The 11 principles evolved from a solid expert
knowledge base in the field of in-school entrepreneurship education.

What is a principle?

The dictionaries define a principle as follows: A PRINCIPLE is a law or fact of nature that explains
how something works or why something happens. A PRINCIPLE is a rule that is governing ones
behaviour. A PRINCIPLE is general scientific theorem or law that has numerous special applications
across a wide field. A PRINCIPLE is a fundamental source or basis of something: the first principle of
all things was water: it is a fundamental quality determining the nature of something.

The operational definition of the word principle from within the context of Eskom Simama Ranta is:
Each of the 11 principles consist of a fundamental quality or rule that combines to ensure the
optimal educational impact upon learners in the provision of entrepreneurship education at schools.

The Eskom Simama Rantas eleven principles represent the ground rules of the competition to which
schools respond through the submission of a Portfolio of Evidence (PoE) to each of the principles as
its entry.

The task of the adjudicators is to seek and verify evidence in relation to the principles while the task
of the school that enters is to provide evidence that speaks to the principles.

So, what are the 11 principles of the effective provision of in-school entrepreneurship education
and how are they measured? (See on next page ..)

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(1) Consensus exists amongst all from within a particular school on what an entrepreneur is:
Measure: 1. Proof of approved definition;
2. Proof of how observable behaviours are being measured;
3. Proof of promotion of 1 and 2 above.

(2) Learning of the theory of entrepreneurship integrates within the textbooks and teaching
within the classroom across a range of subjects;
Measure 1. Proof of EE materials used;
2. Proof of EE materials used across subjects;
3. Proof of fit with topics and sub-topics of CAPS link with EE.

(3) An instruction based approach by Teachers on the teaching of entrepreneurship is

counterproductive which demands a facilitation approach from Teachers;
Measure 1. Proof of facilitation approach being followed;
2. Proof of teachers training in facilitation;
3. Proof of assignments to learners to apply facilitation;
4. Proof that facilitation works through learner feedback.

(4) Entrepreneurship education requires for Teachers involved to be trained and for their
expertise to be continuously developed within this specialised field of expertise;
Measure 1. Proof of teachers trained in EE and application;
2. Proof of recognition of teacher excellence in EE;
3. Proof of schools encouragement of teacher training in EE;
4. Proof of schools involvement of teachers in delivery in EE.

(5) The practical application of theory within extra-mural activities is critical for effective
entrepreneurial learning to be internalised for long term impact on learners;
Measure 1. Proof of schools extra-mural EE activities;
2. Proof of schools acknowledgement in formal assessment of learners
achievements within extra-mural activities gained skills and
knowledge;
3. Proof of schools linkages between in-classroom and extra-mural EE
learning.

(6) The statement it takes a community to raise a child reflects upon the need for diverse
stakeholders (business people, community leaders, employees of financial institutions,
business development support service providers, etc.) engagements within the schools
entrepreneurship education efforts to make it to succeed within the live of each and every
individual learner;
Measure 1. Proof of involvement of outside school expertise within
entrepreneurship development of learners;
2. Proof of learners visit to businesses to learn;
3. Proof of schools broad stakeholder involvement in EE.

(7) The continuous monitoring and evaluation by the schools of its provision of in-school
entrepreneurship education enables the school to know how it is doing and which strategies
work or not;
Measure 1. Proof of schools monitoring and evaluation of its EE;
2. Proof of schools tracking of successful EE learners who left;
3. Proof of schools management and support system for EE
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(8) The learners must be afforded the opportunity to initiate and lead entrepreneurship
education related initiatives and projects with the support of adults (mentor, advice and
counsel) as this is critical to the entrepreneurial development of each learners while such
actions enhance self-motivation;
Measure 1. Proof of learner suggested EE initiatives approved by school;
2. Proof of learners leadership roles in EE program execution;
3. Proof of learners implementation of viable business ideas.

(9) The school must demonstrate that their actions on entrepreneurship education dove-tails
with the actions of its various departments; actions of surrounding schools; actions of their
Department of Educations district and provincial offices; as well as with the actions of the
national Department of Basic Education to illustrate a systemic approach;
Measure 1. Proof of schools advancement of EE in DoE and SGB engagement;
2. Proof of schools optimization of EE within schools activities;
3. Proof that school involved all at school to EE.

(10) Learners at the school must be exposed to the career options that entrepreneurship
present in order for more and more young people to be able to become creators of jobs
rather than job seekers which represents the most important challenge that South Africa is
facing: youth unemployment;
Measure 1. Proof that all learners could explain entrepreneur with career
options;
2. Proof that all learners at school benefited from enterprising skills;
3. Proof that all learners understand role of entrepreneurs within
society and within the economy.

(11) An integral part of a schools entrepreneurship education drive is to cater for the needs of
those who are less fortunate than us while Teachers and learners network with others
involved in the provision of in-school entrepreneurship education to learn from each other
and to support each other.
Measure 1. Proof of schools EE use to benefit less fortunate;
2. Proof of schools EE networking local, district, province, national;
3. Proof that the learners at school could link EE with SA economy.

Evidence could run across principles:

To compile the Portfolio of Evidence as the schools entry as well as to adjudicate the entry presents
the challenge that the proof on one principle might also be proof to a number of other principles.
Lets use an example: say the school has got a very vibrant youth entrepreneurship club (society) that
is being led by the learners while the teachers serve as advisors to the learners. Say the club executes
activities and projects that dovetails with contends of syllabi covered within the classroom.

Please look at the eleven principles and determine for yourself which principles apply for which the
school could use the description of their extra-mural club as evidence? Note: such clubs are critical
for schools to be successful within the Eskom Simama Ranta competition. Hint. Look at principles:
obviously Principle 5. But how about Principle 8 on youth led as well? Maybe the club involves
business people within assessments Principle 6? The club does outreach work Principle 11? You
see, it is not as difficult as it seems.
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Principle no.1:

Effective entrepreneurship education is based upon a clear

understanding and communication of what the word
entrepreneurship (operational definition) means for the
school, as it is applied to all the related initiatives of the
school. Such an understanding is comprehensive to
include thinking, feeling, and behaviour.

1.1 The school community has agreed upon or given approval to the
core definition of entrepreneurship with performance values (or virtues,
0 1 2 3 4
entrepreneurial traits, pillars, principles, or thematic words that form an
umbrella for content) it promotes in its entrepreneurship education
initiative.

1.2 The school community develops descriptions of its core agreement

on entrepreneurship education in terms of observable behaviours.
0 1 2 3 4

1.3 The school has made deliberate and effective efforts to make its
understanding and application (with justification) of entrepreneurship
0 1 2 3 4
education with behavioural definitions widely known throughout the
school and parent community.

Suggestion: Have a look at page 13 where we shared Prof. Jeffrey Timmonss definition of an
entrepreneur within the niche of youth, as a starting point (also, see below).

An entrepreneur is: able to create and build a business or organization from practically nothing; make things
happen for themselves by accepting responsibility; turn set-backs into opportunities; see gaps; sense
opportunities; maintain effort until objectives had been achieved; build founding teams of talents around them
to complement their abilities in areas where they are less knowledgeable or skilled; initiate and do; have the
know-how to find, marshal and control resources (often owned by others) and make sure they do not run out of
money when they need it most and; take calculated risks, both personal and financial to then do everything they
possibly can to turn the odds in their favour.
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Principle no. 2:

Effective entrepreneurship education utilizes good content

syllabi materials within the classroom, across various
subjects as it relates to the Curriculum Assessment Policy
Statement (CAPS) of DBE (Department of Basic Education).

2.1 The school utilizes specific entrepreneurship education materials as

part of its syllabi within the classrooms.
0 1 2 3 4

2.2 The entrepreneurship education materials are being used within

more than one subject (across curricula), such as in Life Orientation,
0 1 2 3 4
Economic and Management Sciences, Business Studies, Economics,
Mathematical Literacy, etc.

2.3 The schools educators and management are able to clearly state
which Topics and Sub-Topics of various subjects apply specifically to
0 1 2 3 4
entrepreneurship education.

Hint: (The aim of the hint is to give you practical information from a EWET perspective, on what
could be covered under this principle. Please use your own information? Reference to EWET
within your information will not give you an unfair advantage nor will you be penalised if there
is no reference to EWET).

Entrepreneurship Education (EE) is anchored within the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS)
classrooms Themes and Sub-Themes of the Department of Basic Education (DBE). Subjects such as Life
Orientation, Economic and Management Science, Business Studies, Accountancy, Economics, Mathematical
Literacy, etc. all speaks to EE. This enables EWET to reach each and every learner that attends within a
particular school. EWET works in partnership with DBE to assist schools with effective EE implementation
through: the provision of Learning and Teaching Support Materials (LTSM) that lessens the workload of teachers
with the use of syllabi materials combined with training and technical assistance; and allows for learners to
practically apply the theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom within YES (Youth Enterprise Society) clubs.
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Principle no. 3:

Effective entrepreneurship education is depended on the

educators ability to follow innovative teaching approaches
that align itself to facilitation rather than instruction.

3.1 Educators follow a facilitation approach to entrepreneurship

education as opposed to route learning and instructions.
0 1 2 3 4

3.2 Educators received training and mentoring in facilitation skills, assist

each other in the development of facilitation skills and continually work
0 1 2 3 4
on their improvement of these skills.

3.3 Educators in entrepreneurship education give projects and group

assignments to learners to allow them to discover learning content
0 1 2 3 4
themselves under the guidance of the educator.

3.4 Learners gave feedback that they found the teaching of

entrepreneurship education within the classroom informative and
0 1 2 3 4
stimulating.

Hint: (The aim of the hint is to give you practical information from a EWET perspective, on what
could be covered under this principle. Please use your own information? Reference to EWET
within your information will not give you an unfair advantage nor will you be penalised if there
is no reference to EWET).

Many educators, who volunteered their involvement within Entrepreneurship Education (EE) and in Youth
Enterprise Society (YES) clubs, indicated that such involvement was either their first or their most significant
involvement within enterprise education. As such, it added value to their ability to educate learners on
entrepreneurship while this involvement impacted on their ability to facilitate the learning processes - rather
than to regress to an instructor mode. This finding furthermore reflected upon the very limited knowledge
base on entrepreneurship education that we have amongst South African teachers. EWET (Education With
Enterprise Trust) developed and deliver the facilitation workshop to cater for this need.

The facilitation workshop consisting of: setting the scene for facilitation; preparing the ground; the club
handbook; key concepts; facilitating an EE activity; facilitating yourself; facilitating others; facilitating a group;
practical facilitation exercise; guidelines for a facilitator; intervention training; working on different levels;
practical, and evaluation of workshop. EWET found that the competence to apply facilitation amongst teachers
required special attention as this approach to teaching is crucial to entrepreneurship education.
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Principle no. 4:

Effective entrepreneurship education ensures continuous

educator development within the field of entrepreneurship
education and provides incentives for those educators who
are in pursuit of such excellence.
4.1 Educators received specific training in entrepreneurship education
and apply this knowledge and skills within the classroom.
0 1 2 3 4

4.2 The school recognizes educators who excel in the provision of

entrepreneurship education and reward extra-ordinary achievements.
0 1 2 3 4

4.3 Educators involved within the delivery of entrepreneurship

education are encouraged by the school to further develop their
0 1 2 3 4
knowledge and skills in this regard.

4.4 All of the educators (teachers) of the aforementioned school are

given the opportunity to develop their ability to successfully teach and
0 1 2 3 4
implement entrepreneurship education.

Hint: (The aim of the hint is to give you practical information from a EWET perspective, on what
could be covered under this principle. Please use your own information? Reference to EWET
within your information will not give you an unfair advantage nor will you be penalised if there
is no reference to EWET).

EWET provides the following training workshops to capacitate teachers for the delivery of entrepreneurship
education at intermediate & secondary school level: Teacher or YES Advisor training that covers: what is EE
(entrepreneurship education); YES (Youth Enterprise Society) club operations; club structure; starting clubs at my
school; a local partnership, teachers as facilitators (brief introduction); facilitating activities; running the clubs:
activities of whole society, activities of teams; the YES & EE Simama Ranta competitions, and ends the workshop
with evaluation.

Teacher training here serves as an induction to entrepreneurship education which enables educators to
immediately apply what they learned. Entrepreneurship education (EE) became a key to unlock the involvement
of teachers within the broad context of child and youth development. EE touches on academic achievement,
personality development, livelihood challenges, leadership, career guidance, economic participation, roles and
responsibilities of a broad range of stakeholders inclusive of policy and decision makers as well as officials. Clubs
developed support group characteristics. Central to these complex interchanges is the teacher, often with an
extended workload.

A group of teachers involved within YES got together some years back, to work toward the establishment of
something such as a network of entrepreneurship education teachers, similar to AMESA the Association of
Mathematics Education of South Africa. This initiative was a response to the unique challenges that teachers
face such as a small knowledge base, when they engage within entrepreneurship education. The South African
Council for Educators (SACE) encourages the involvement of teachers within activities such as EE while teachers
receive recognition within the context of their Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) for such
involvement. In excess of 1000 teachers had been involved in EE since 1994 with some of them doing
exceptional work demonstrated through the achievements of learners from their schools. These teachers serve
as a base for membership of the network. The harnessing of these talents, knowledge and experience is an
important foundation for the training and mentoring of teachers who newly enters the field of entrepreneurship
education.
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Principle no. 5:

Effective entrepreneurship education links in-school

curriculum work with extra-mural activities where learners
are able to apply and practice the theory through practical
activities.
5.1 The school presents extra-mural activities that allow learners to
further develop their entrepreneurial skills such as clubs.
0 1 2 3 4

5.2 Extra-mural entrepreneurship education work executed by learners

are taken into consideration, included in the curriculum, so as to
0 1 2 3 4
influence the academic achievement of the learners.

5.3 The school has a clear plan that illustrates the connection between
extra-mural activities and classroom activities within the context of
0 1 2 3 4
entrepreneurship education.

Hint: (The aim of the hint is to give you practical information from a EWET perspective, on what
could be covered under this principle. Please use your own information? Reference to EWET
within your information will not give you an unfair advantage nor will you be penalised if there
is no reference to EWET).

YES (Youth Enterprise Society) club initiated within a school involves 60 members: 15 Grade 8 members called
YES Adventurers; 15 grade 9 members - called YES Pioneers; 15 grade 10 members - called YES Champions and
15 grade 11 members - called YES Entrepreneurs. Young people who graduated from YES are called YES Alumni.
Each society of 60 members and 4 Advisors (volunteer teachers) meets once a week under the youth elected
leadership, to take care of business that affects their society through adherence to parliamentary procedures.

YES Adventurer, YES Pioneer, YES Champion and YES Entrepreneur teams with 1 YES Advisor (Teacher) for each
team, meet independently once a week during which time they execute projects and activities that relate to 17
business competencies. The challenges faced by the YES members in achieving the 17 competencies creates an
awareness of enterprise - the Adventurers & Pioneers, taste of enterprise - YES Champions to mini-enterprise -
YES Entrepreneurs. These 17 competencies are: Life Skills; Understanding the Market Economy; Business Ideas;
Evaluate the Community; Setting Goals; Market Research; Plan the Business; Plan Business Finance; Plan Human
Resources; Business Promotion; Selling the Product; Business Accounts; Business Records; Leading and
Managing; Business Communications; Entrepreneurship as a Career; and Our Business. EWET supplies 68
competency booklets that contain two activities and a project each, to the YES clubs as part of their Learning
and Teaching Support Materials (LTSM), together with other supplies required for club operations.

Growth Panels involving at least 2 local business people assess the attainment of each of the 17 business
competencies by the YES members through the utilisation of rating sheets supplied by EWET. A case study exist
of young people who were overcome by their socio-economic challenges that they had to face at home resulted
for them to engage themselves within delinquent behaviour inclusive of drug abuse. Fellow YES members
refused to give up on these members and kept on visiting them, with an attempt to engage them within the
constructive activities of their club. They emphasized that they are fellow members and they need them to
contribute as they did in the past. Finally, they made the change to disengage from answers that further
complicate their life, face the challenges while pursuing constructive solutions through their active engagements
within YES clubs.

Thus YES developed into a peer support group that served as a caring community, who lives the spirit of
Ubuntu. EWETs realization of this role of the clubs opened our eyes to observe and appreciate many similar
occurrences.
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Principle no. 6:

Effective entrepreneurship education involves parents,

community members, business people, and other relevant
stakeholders as partners in the development of the learners
in pursuit of the creation of a culture of entrepreneurship.
6.1 The school involves business people and other knowledgeable
people of relevance to entrepreneurship education to engage with
0 1 2 3 4
learners and educators for mentoring and information sharing on
entrepreneurship.

6.2 Learners are afforded the opportunity to visit businesses to gain

exposure to actual businesses in operation and to learn from the
0 1 2 3 4
business owners.

6.3 All stakeholders of the school are involved by the school in an effort
to create a culture of entrepreneurship within the schools community.
0 1 2 3 4

Hint: (The aim of the hint is to give you practical information from a EWET perspective, on what
could be covered under this principle. Please use your own information? Reference to EWET
within your information will not give you an unfair advantage nor will you be penalised if there
is no reference to EWET).

Local community support and ownership of entrepreneurship education (EE) is crucial to serve as the support
base for the young people involved. Such ownership could be situated within: (a) the schools educators; (b) the
whole school; (c) the Schools Governing Body (SGB); a group of caring people from within the community where
the school/s to be serviced are based; (d) the District Offices of the Department of Basic Education; (e) the local
or district government; (f) a local business who engages for the social benefit of learners in schools in its area of
operations; or, (g) a registered not-for-profit, public benefit organisation who wishes to expand its range of
products and services to include the delivery of entrepreneurship education to secondary school attending
youth. Any one of the Local Partners (LP) serves as EWETs entry point towards delivery.

(h) Sometimes it happens that individuals from a specific community request EWET to assist them with the
initiation and establishment of a community based organisation or non-government organisation in the absence
of the availability of such social infrastructure locally. EWET responds to such request with its Partnership for
Development Models (PDM) approach to create a local home for entrepreneurship education (EE).

Workshop: Local Partnership training covers the following content: checking in; mental models; team learning;
partnerships; a first project; personal mastery; systems thinking; shared vision; and workshop evaluation. This
workshop demonstrated its ability to enable diverse stakeholders to work together for the common good of their
community.

Critical to the local capacity requirements of a community is to have a local educator who has the competence
to render core EWET services to participating schools within the locality. Our countrys vast distances and
increased presence of Entrepreneurship Education amongst schools causes for a saving in the traveling,
accommodation and human resources costs when a local educator is capacitated to render some of EWETs
services to schools locally. This approach enhances the level of autonomy and therefore level of ownership
within the local community while contributing to sustainable delivery.
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Principle no. 7:

Effective entrepreneurship education has clearly defined

aims and objectives that it intends to achieve in a particular
school. It measures itself regularly against these aims and
objectives to evaluate progress made and to devise
strategy.
7.1 The school has in place a monitoring and evaluation system in
place to keep track of its successes and challenges within the delivery
0 1 2 3 4
of entrepreneurship education.

7.2 The school keep track of its graduates, especially of those who
have decided to pursue entrepreneurship as a career choice and is able
0 1 2 3 4
to share some case studies of these alumni.

7.3 The school has a management and support system in place that is
able to respond to challenges in the delivery of entrepreneurship
0 1 2 3 4
education as identified through their monitoring and evaluation system.

Hint: (The aim of the hint is to give you practical information from a EWET perspective, on what
could be covered under this principle. Please use your own information? Reference to EWET
within your information will not give you an unfair advantage nor will you be penalised if there
is no reference to EWET).

Example - Establishing targets and evaluation is a part of regular operational procedures instituted by EWET to
manage programs and deliver services. Integrated monitoring and evaluations are captured within: the eleven
principles of school assessments of EE Simama Ranta; learner assessments of YES Simama Ranta; ongoing
assessments of learners involved and teacher assessments. The overall qualitative and quantitative target will
differ in accordance with the specific assignment that EWET executes. In general, EWET structure its assessment
in accordance with the following:

QUANTITATIVE TARGETS
YES Societies:
Societies: # of YES Societies in operation: Adventurers; Pioneers; Champions; Entrepreneurs.
# of new YES Societies to be started: Adventurers; Pioneers; Champions; Entrepreneurs.
# of schools participating in YES programme
# of locations of YES programme
# of YES society meetings/per society

Members: # of business competencies gained by a YES member; # of YES programme graduates

# of YES members starting their own businesses

YES Programme Support System:

# of LPs in operation; # of new LPs; # of YES Adult Advisors; # of new Adult Advisors

QUALITATIVE TARGETS
Level of satisfaction of YES members; observed improvement in academic performance of YES members;
perception of school principals/teachers of the YES programme; perception of LPs members and other adults
involved in the YES programme.
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Principle no. 8:

Effective entrepreneurship education supports initiatives

that have been initiated by learners in a manner that
enhances the self-motivation of such learners.
8.1 The school has a system in place that allows for learners involved in
entrepreneurship education to make suggestions for related initiatives
0 1 2 3 4
which receive the support of the school if approved.

8.2 Learners of the school are afforded opportunities to take on

leadership roles in the execution of parts of the schools
0 1 2 3 4
entrepreneurship education program.

8.3 Learners of the school who has viable business ideas, the
generation of which the school assist with, are encouraged to pursue
0 1 2 3 4
such ventures while maintaining balance to not negatively affect the
learners education.

Hint: (The aim of the hint is to give you practical information from a EWET perspective, on what
could be covered under this principle. Please use your own information? Reference to EWET
within your information will not give you an unfair advantage nor will you be penalised if there
is no reference to EWET).

(a.) Each member of a YES (Youth Enterprise Society) club receive a club handbook as part of the Learning and
Teaching Support Materials (LTSM) that covers: a draft constitution for the club; code of conduct; organizational
structure; functions and duties of office bearers (president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, public relations
officer, constitutional advisor, team chairpersons), executive committee functioning, inauguration, temporary
committees, conducting meetings, keeping minutes, budgeting, planning for year, what good leadership is, etc.

(b.) It is possible to escalate the existing leadership structures to promote economic citizenry amongst the
South African youth. The leadership structure to build will be at municipal, district, provincial and national level.
A voice from this YES youth lead rights-based movement will enable these young people to engage with
those in positions of authority and power together with duty bearers in order to hold them accountable for
childrens rights. Emphasis is from the perspective of the provision of access to economic opportunity as a
childrens right in order to combat poverty. The youth leadership plays an important role within the advocacy of
young people rights to access to economic opportunity. They furthermore have an important role to play in
support of emerging entrepreneurs amongst the youth.
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Principle no. 9:

Effective entrepreneurship education ensures whole school

involvement in a manner that appreciates and enhances the
role that the provincial Department of Basic Education
(DBE), DBE district offices, the School Governing Body (for
government schools), the principal, school management,
administrative staff and teaching staff has to play.
9.1 The school pursue the advancement of entrepreneurship education
when the school community engages with officials from the Department
0 1 2 3 4
of Education as well as with members of the School Governing Body.

9.2 The Principal, management, educators and support staff of the

school exploit opportunities within the normal functioning of the school,
0 1 2 3 4
where entrepreneurship could be applied insofar that the learners are
exposed to an entrepreneurial environment to learn from whilst at
school.

9.3 Entrepreneurship education is being taken seriously, ensuring that

all involved with and in the school are exposed to entrepreneurship.
0 1 2 3 4

Hint: (The aim of the hint is to give you practical information from a EWET perspective, on what
could be covered under this principle. Please use your own information? Reference to EWET
within your information will not give you an unfair advantage nor will you be penalised if there
is no reference to EWET).

(a.) School premises represent the sites for YES club operations since 1994. EWET follows a bottom-up approach
in reaching learners through trained volunteering teachers. Collaboration from teachers and school
management is excellent. Such cooperation as evolved from 17 years back as it advanced from local schools to
district offices, to the provinces to national within the Directorate Rural Education (phased out). This
collaboration is building upon mutual respect and trust between DBE and EWET as it evolved over the years.

(b.) Stronger engagement from the District Offices saw officials overseeing progress with EE implementation as
a school governance matter that gave teachers freedom to engage within EE while also reporting. Of critical
importance is the Education Specialist (ES) from the District as well as the Heads of Departments (HOD) at the
schools for actual delivery of Entrepreneurship Education Syllabi materials in the classrooms as well as its
linkage with the practical done within the YES clubs. The context of these developments is the ability of EE to
speak effectively to the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS).

The 11 principles on the basis of which all schools compete to be the: (c.) Provincial; and (d.) National winning
Entrepreneurship Education (EE) School as captured within the annual EE Simama Ranta competition. The
principles speak to the principles on the basis of which the Department of Basic Education (DBE) measures
individual school effectiveness in terms of: developmental appraisal; performance measurement; and whole
school evaluation. The learners gain credits within the context of General Education and Training (GET) as the
work they do integrate with the National Curriculum Statement of the specific subject they are working on.
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Principle no. 10:

Effective entrepreneurship education promotes

entrepreneurship as a career choice amongst all the
learners of a school.
10.1 All learners from the school are able to explain what an
entrepreneur is and what career options are open to them if they decide
0 1 2 3 4
to pursue it as a career.

10.2 All learners from the school have benefited from the development
of enterprising skills that will suit them well after school, even if they
0 1 2 3 4
decided not to pursue entrepreneurship as a career.

10.3 Learners have an appreciation for the role that entrepreneurs play
and for their contribution to society as a whole.
0 1 2 3 4

Hint: (The aim of the hint is to give you practical information from a EWET perspective, on what
could be covered under this principle. Please use your own information? Reference to EWET
within your information will not give you an unfair advantage nor will you be penalised if there
is no reference to EWET).

EWET focuses specifically on career options open to entrepreneurs within the broader context of the Department
of Educations general activities on career guidance. Three competency booklets called Entrepreneurship as a
Career pitched at the basic (Grades 8 and 9), intermediate (Grade 10) and advanced (Grades 11 and 12)
levels caters for this priority. Each booklet contains two activities (in-classroom) and a project (in YES clubs) to be
facilitated by teachers and executed by learners. This forms part of EWETs Learning and Teaching Support
Materials (LTSM) supplied to schools. The underlying principles are that: entrepreneurship represents one career
option amongst many others; there are many career options within the field of entrepreneurship; and some of
these options require further study, a clear message that academic achievement at school is important.

EWET makes provision to support schools with entrepreneurship career days. The schools themselves decide on
the format of the entrepreneurship career day. Examples are: a market day where students trade with the
schools community normally for fund raising purposes; invitations to successful entrepreneurs to come and
speak to learners; visits by learners to successful businesses in operation; a day at the school allocated to their
Youth Enterprise Society (YES) club members to advance entrepreneurship; etc.
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Principle no. 11:

Effective entrepreneurship education makes use of

effective outreach and networking strategies.
11.1 The school utilises its entrepreneurship education approach to
benefit those less fortunate who live within the broader community of
0 1 2 3 4
the school.

11.2 Entrepreneurship education from within the school is linked within

a broader local, district, provincial and / or national network of
0 1 2 3 4
entrepreneurship education practitioners such that the school could
benefit and contribute to the advancement of entrepreneurship
education.

11.3 All participants in entrepreneurship education from within the

school are able to link their activities and programmes to what is
0 1 2 3 4
transpiring within the South African economy.

Hint: (The aim of the hint is to give you practical information from a EWET perspective, on what
could be covered under this principle. Please use your own information? Reference to EWET
within your information will not give you an unfair advantage nor will you be penalised if there
is no reference to EWET).

(a.) EWETs own existence and the support that EWET gained over the years for its work bear testimony to the
fact that entrepreneurs care about the communities and people. A reality that demonstrates the sentiment of
entrepreneurs that goes beyond the mere profit motive. This outreach is being inculcated amongst
participating learners the effectiveness of which is illustrated through a number of YES society projects over the
years such as: caring for the aged; cleaning-up campaigns; etc. It is and had always been core to successful
entrepreneurs to care for those less fortunate contrary to the perception sometimes held, that entrepreneurs are
driven only by greed which represents one of the seven deadly sins. This outreach represents a core element
of YES society operations.

(b.) While some schools implement a number of YES clubs, others have only one such club at their school.
Interaction through networking amongst the schools who are involved in the delivery of entrepreneurship
education provides for the opportunity to: share experiences; build a shared support system for key stakeholders
from within their community such as business people, local government and people of substance in civic
engagement; joint activities and action; as well as coordination. Networking started spontaneously amongst
schools located within some geographic areas. The resulting impact is such that all schools are encouraged to
engage locally within such activities in order to enhance impact and to contribute to the creation of a culture of
entrepreneurship.

(c.) A component of the Entrepreneurship Education (EE) network that is evolving is the graduates of EE that
EWET calls YES Alumni. The increase in YES societies were followed by a substantial increase in graduates of
the YES programme to a number of around 12 000 young people. EWET brought together some of these alumni
and engaged with them to better understand their needs and to find out where they are. All demonstrated a
commitment to YES and some YES Alumni engaged themselves in a voluntary capacity to initiate and support
YES societies.
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Budget Template (Sample)

Date: .

Name of project: ....

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Income:
Eskom Prize Money
Donations
Services rendered
Sales of products
Less: Expenses
Rent
Water and electricity
Stock
Raw materials
Administration (paper, print cartridges, etc.)
Total expenses
Profit
(School / club account) Savings

Simama Ranta Life Cycle

1. Ongoing effective delivery of in-school entrepreneurship education within South African schools
(Throughout the year and ongoing);
2. Submit a completed entry "coversheet" to alert EWET towards entry by school, followed by a full entry
- Portfolio of Evidence (As from October of preceding year until middle of June within year of the
Simama Ranta competition being entered into);
3. EWET provides guidance, advice and counseling to schools who submitted a coversheet entry in
support of the submission of the full entry (On receipt of coversheet submission from October
onwards until submission of full entry had been submitted before the middle of June of the year of
entry);
4. Nine provincial panels select a provincial winning school, 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up (Between
middle June and end of July);
5. On site verification of information presented within entries of winning schools (Just after provincial
panels announcement of provincial results);
6. National selection panel select national winning school from amongst the 9 provincial winning schools
(End of July or early August);
7. National awards function for all 28 winning schools (End of August, early September);
8. The "Simama Ranta" 3 day expo takes place where all 28 schools receive their own exhibit space, with
travel and accommodation covered by the Eskom Development Foundation as part of their award (End
of August, early September);
9. 28 Winning schools submit their budgets for awards money for approval and payment (August until
end of November, disbursements in January of the following year);
10. Provincial awards functions takes place within each of the 9 provinces (Between January and March of
the following year);
11. All 28 winning schools execute initiatives from approved budget, serve as ambassadors of in-school
entrepreneurship education (PEES Provincial Entrepreneurship Education School and NEES National
Entrepreneurship Education School) and submit financial reports to EWET together with NEES / PEES
evidence (Ongoing as from the year that they won).

The life-cycle of Simama Ranta continues from point 1 above on an annual basis. Beautiful progress towards the
creation of a culture of entrepreneurship within South African schools to combat youth unemployment through
a huge partnership.
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WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR ENTRY FOR ESKOMS

SIMAMA RANTA ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION INTERMEDIATE /
SECONDARY SCHOOLS COMPETITION.

Remember this quote from

South Africas former president
Nelson Mandela:
Everything seems undoable until it is done.

We wish you all the best for the preparation

of your entry. Remember well advice and
guide you, if you need our assistance.

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