SAPS share their working environment with learners
On Friday 10 grade 10 learners from Kamhola High School accompanied Const Nkosi to all the departments and offices in the police station. The girls thoroughly enjoyed the morning and had a totally different view of the SAPS on their return to school.
The Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work campaign is a national campaign which kicked off on May 28. The theme is, “Dream, Believe, Achieve” and Barberton SAPS was one of the participants in this movement. The campaign is now in its 13th year and has been taking place annually on May 31.
It targets young girl learners from grade 10 to 12 with the aim of exposing them to the world of work and the variety of career prospects offered to them in the public sector and business world. It also gives the girls the opportunity to meet career models.
“With SAPS Barberton’s participation, our intention was to market the SAPS as an employer of choice and to expose learners to various careers within this organisation,” said Const Tutu Nkosi, communications spokesperson for Barberton SAPS.
On Friday 10 grade 10 learners from Kamhola High School accompanied Const Nkosi to all the departments and offices in the police station. The tour commenced at the charge office, and here, as in all the other departments, Nkosi explained what the job entailed and also the processes and how the different departments linked together as a whole. The girls thoroughly enjoyed the morning and had a totally different view of the SAPS on their return to school.
“It is very necessary that today’s young women and girls know their potential. We believe with this campaign and the exposure to the working environment in the SAPS, we brought about positive change in their lives, while also endorsing awareness of gender concerns and the rights of girl children,” said Nkosi.
