Corporate Social Investment. Study Skills. Project Plan for Larger Sponsors

Improving Educational Throughput and the 

Educational Throughput Rate in Primary and 

Secondary Schools in South Africa through the 

offering of Study Skills Programs in Primary 

Schools 

PREPARED FOR 

Companies considering sponsoring a school 

PREPARED BY 

Jacques de Villiers (IP Holder)

PROJECT TITLE 

PROJECT TYPE 

TOTAL 

ESTIMATED BUDGET 

SUBMITTED BY 

Improving Educational Throughput and the Educational Throughput Rate in Primary and Secondary Schools in 

South Africa through the offering of Study Skills Programs in Primary Schools 

Social Corporate Investment and Public Relations Project 

Generic Project 300 Budget: R 909 600 over five years 

• R301 600 in Year 1 

• R152 000 each in Years 2 – 5 

Generic Project 600 Budget: R1 847 000 over five years 

• R515 000 in Year 

• R420 000 in year 2 

• R304 000 each in Years 3 – 5 

Jacques de Villiers 

PHONE / EMAIL 083 282 0704 jacquesdevilliers@gmail.com 

VERSION NO V3of 2022 

PROJECTED 

START DATE 

PROJECTED 

COMPLETION DATE 

I. PROJECT OVERVIEW 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

WHY WE ARE THE BEST FIT 

NEEDS / ISSUES 

GOALS 

V. SCOPE OF WORK 

VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 

COST STRUCTURE 

RISK MITIGATION 

STAFFING RESOURCES 

MEASUREMENTS OF SUCCESS 

X. RELATED DOCUMENTS 

XI. 

XII. 

TERMS & CONDITIONS 

ACCEPTANCE OF PROPOSAL

I. PROJECT OVERVIEW 

WHO WE ARE 

• Jacques de Villiers is the Intellectual Proprietor of the “Student Skills for Life Success”, Basic and Advanced Study Skills 

Workshops” 

o jacquesdevilliers@gmail.com 083 282 0704 

• Crisis Support Services NPO is the Public Benefit Organisation that will manage and administrate, the “Student Skills for 

Life Success”, Basic and Advanced Study Skills Workshops. 

• 

“Dikeletso tsa Sechaba” NPO is the entity that will facilitate the workshops and maintain the “Student Skills Club” WEB 

Platform. 

OUR NEEDS 

We are looking for project sponsors who will pay the R700 per learner fee per workshop for the grade 5 to 7 learners at a 

collectively identified beneficiary school in the geographical area of the project sponsor. 

To this project plan, two scenarios are illustrated: 

• Scenario 1 assumes a school with 100 Learners per grade and the ideal of ensuring that on a yearly basis all Grade 5 

learners are trained in Basic Study Skills and all Grade 7 learners in Advanced Study Skills. (Generic Project 300) 

• Scenario 2 assumes a school with 200 Learners per grade and the ideal of ensuring that on a yearly basis all Grade 5 

learners are trained in Basic Study Skills and all Grade 7 learners in Advanced Study Skills (Generic Project 600) 

Once a specific school is identified, the specific numbers per grade at this school will be used as the basis of the specific 

project budget. 

OUR OBJECTIVES 

The main objective of the project is to improve general educational attainment and specifically the educational attainment 

rates in South African primary and secondary schools through the offering of basic and advanced study skills workshops at 

selected Primary Schools. 

• To reduce the incidents of learners dropping out of school after the compulsory school age of 15 years 

• To increase the number of leaners who pass grades 5 to 12 at the first attempt 

• To better prepare school leavers for the demands of tertiary studies 

• To track the progress of workshop beneficiaries through “Super Student Club” 

The secondary objective of the project is to identify, train and equip several community youth between the ages of 20 and 25, 

to become workshop facilitators and be active participants in the Gig Economy. 

• To train 4 or 5 “Gig Facilitators” in year 1 

• To hand over the facilitator function of the workshops to these youth in years 2 and 3 

• To hand over the administrator and broker functions to these youth in year 4.

COST + TIMELINE ESTIMATES 

Generic Project 300 

• Year 1: Phase 1: Train 4 Community Members as Basic Study Skills Facilitators and deliver 16 x Basic Study Skills Workshops 

as part of their practical training to 100 x Grade 7 learners and 60 x Grade 6 learners and register these learners as club 

members at an estimated cost of R159600. 

• Year 1: Phase 2: Train the 4 Basic Study Skills Facilitators as Advanced Study Skills Facilitators and deliver 16 x Advanced 

Study Skills Workshops as part of their practical training to 100 x Grade 7 learners. Continue with the Basic Skills Workshops 

for the remaining 40 x Grade 6 Learners and register them as club members at an estimated cost of R142 000. 

• Year 2 onwards: Deliver the Basic Study Skills Workshops to 100 x new Grade 5 learners and deliver the Advanced Study 

Skills Workshops to 100 x Grade 7 learners and register all learners as club members at an estimated cost of R152 000 per 

year. 


• Year 1: Phase 1: Train 5 Community Members as Basic Study Skills Facilitators and deliver 20 x Basic Study Skills Workshops 

as part of their practical training to 200 x Grade 7 learners and register these learners as club members at an estimated 

cost of R197 500. 

• Year 1: Phase 2: Train the 5 Basic Study Skills Facilitators as Advanced Study Skills Facilitators and deliver 20 x Advanced 

Study Skills Workshops as part of their practical training to 200 x Grade 7 learners at an estimated cost of R177 500. 

• Year 1: Phase 3: Train 200 x Grade 6 leaners in Basic Study Skills and register them as club members at an estimated cost 

of R140 000 00. 

• Year 2: Deliver 40 x Basic Study Skills Workshops to 200 x Grade 6 learners and 200 x new Grade 5 learners and deliver 20 

x Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 200 x new Grade 7 learners, at an estimated cost of R420 000 (register / reregister 

all learners as club members.) 

• Year 3 onwards: Deliver 20 x Basic Study Skills Workshops to 200 x new Grade 5 learners and deliver 20 x Advanced Study 

Skills Workshops to 200 x new Grade 7 learners, at an estimated cost of R304 000 per year. (Register / reregister all 

learners as club members.) 

II. WHY WE ARE THE BEST FIT 

ABOUT THE TEAM 

Jacques de Villiers 

• A Director of Crisis Support Services NPO. 

• The designer and owner of the Student Skills for Life concept and methodology. 

• Product Developer. 

• Facilitator Trainer. 

Likeleli Nthabane 

• The CEO of Dikeletso NPO. 

• Workshop Facilitator. 

Cuma Zwane 

• A Director of Dikeletso NPO 

• The designer of the “Student Skills for Life” web-club platform 

• Club Master 

• Workshop Facilitator 

Cara Downing 

• The owner-manager of Personnel Management Services. 

• Principal recruiter 

• Workshop Facilitator.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION 

Basic Study-Skills Workshop 

Session 1 

• The Study Process +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 

• Study Attitudes +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 

Comfort Break (5 Minutes) 

• Study Environment +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 1 x Home Activity 

• Roles & Responsibilities +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 1 x Home Activity 


• The art of Note-making +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Home Activity 

Food and Drinks Break (30) 

Session2 

• Planning a School Week +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 1 x Home Activity 

• Passive Listening +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 


• Active Listening +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 

• Read Better and Faster +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Home Activity 


• Summarising Work +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 

Advanced Study-Skills Workshop 

Session 1 

• Good Questioning +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 

• Creativity +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 


• Thinking Skills +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 1 x Home Activity 

• Visualisation +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 1 x Home Activity 


• Memory Keys +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Home Activity 

Food and Drinks Break (30) 

Session 2 

• Memory Hooks and Links +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 1 x Home Activity 

• Vocabulary and Spelling +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 


• Mastering Math +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 

• Answering Questions +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Home Activity 


• Exam Stress +/- 20 Minutes Instruction 1 x Workshop Activity 

PROOF OF CONCEPT 

What started off as a 30-hour Study Program in 2012, was turned into a book in 2013 and then into the 1 st generation of Study 

Skills workshops in 2014. Since then, the workshops have been offered at several schools and companies who could afford to 

pay for the intervention, but it soon became apparent that the children who needed the intervention the most, just couldn’t 

afford it, and so the delivery model was changed to follow the following methodology. 

• Approach a sponsoring entity to commit funds to an agreed number of workshops. 

• Approach a school in quintiles 1 to 3 to obtain the buy-in of the school leadership and governing body. 

• Deliver several parallel workshops on a Saturday morning to minimise interruption of regular school activities. 

• Limit the size of each workshop to 10 learners to keep a tight facilitator span of control, and to maximise the 

participation of the children attending the workshops. 

• Make provision for meals and transport fees to assure that all nominated children can attend. 

• Provide workbooks and stationery to the learners who attend the workshops, so that no unintended costs are incurred 

by their guardians.

• Pay a hosting fee to the school so that it can arrange for the opening, setup and locking of the venues. 

• Register all workshop attendees on a web-club platform so that their progress can be tracked, and further study support 

can be provided to the on a continual basis. 

At the beginning of 2022 a sponsorship for the delivery of 8 workshops was obtained from Trinity Methodist Church in Linden, 

Johannesburg. 

• On the 23rd of April 2022 a first round of Basic Study Skills Workshops were delivered to grade 5 learners at Manzini 

Primary School in Katlehong, Germiston. 

• On the 6th of September 2022 a second round of Study Skills Workshops were delivered at Dowling Primary School, in 

Westbury, Johannesburg, to Grade 5 to 8 learners from the school, children from the Slovo Centre of excellence and 

children from Westbury Readers. 

In both cases the workshops were very successful, with both the children participating in the workshops and the educationalist 

responsible for these children being excited and inspired by the intervention and eager to roll out the workshops to all Grade 5 

to 8 learners of the respected schools and BPO’s. 

To assure the sustainability of the program in different schools, it was realised that ownership of the intervention must be 

transferred to the community, and thus the training of Community (Gig) facilitators was incorporated into this project plan. 

III. THE ISSUE THAT WILL BE ADDRESED BY THIS PROJECT 

ISSUE DESCRIPTION 

In South Africa, we have a 12-year school system from Grade 1 to Grade 12, with most children 

starting school in the year in which they turn 7. It is thus expected that a child will finish primary school 

in the year they turn 13, and secondary school in the year in which they turn 18. 

Post school, young adults who want to improve their educational attainment, has the option of going 

to a college (TVET or other) or University, if they so desire and have the means to do so. 

Yet the 2021 Household survey indicates the following worrying, albeit improving trends: 

• 20,4% of 14-year-old, 8.9% of 15-year-old, 4.9% of 16-year-old and 1.2% of 17-year-old children 

are still in primary school. 

• 40,8% of 19-year -old, 18,0% of 20-year-old, 14.2% of 21-year-old and 5.2% of 22-year-old 

young adults are still in secondary school. 

• Only 22.8% of 20-year-old, 20.4% of 21-year-old, 17.1% of 22-year-old and 13.1% of 23-year-old 

young adults are in some form of tertiary institution. 

• Post the compulsory school age, 4.7% of 16-yer-old, 8.5% of 17-year-old, 29.3% of 18-year-old 

and 46.3% of 19-year-old young people, are not in education at all. 

https://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=1854&PPN=P0318&SCH=73293 

IMPACT ON ISSUE 

While there are many factors that contribute to this undesired situation, we believe that the lack of 

good study skills is a contributing factor that can be addressed immediately, with a short time – high 

impact intervention, that can easily be implemented and tracked. The relative cost of this 

intervention is also minimal, compared to other longer term, resource intensive solutions.

IV. GOALS 

GOAL DESCRIPTION 

KEY BENEFITS 

To train all the Grade 5 Learners in an identified 

school in Basic Study Skills 

To train all the Grade 7 Learners in an identified 

school in Advanced Study Skills 

To train several young people in the school 

community as “Student Skills for Life” facilitators. 

• The learners take responsibility for their own learning. 

• They become better learners. 

• They are better prepared for the rest of the intermediate phase of learning 

and the senior phase of learning 

• The learners become better thinkers. 

• They are better prepared for the rest of the senior phase of learning and 

the FET phase of learning 

• The facilitators become effective participants in the Gig Economy 

• The project becomes sustainable and moves to the Program Phase 

V. SCOPE OF WORK 


• Year 1. Phase 1 

Step Action Goal Duration 

Step 1 Meet with School Leadership To obtain commitment 1 hour 

Step 2 Meet with Governing Body To obtain formal approval 1 hour 

Step 3 Meet again with School Leadership To do strategic planning 4 Hours 

Step 4 Meet with Implementation Team To plan rollout of workshops 4 Hours 

Step 5 Select four (4) Trainee Facilitators To choose the correct people 12 Hours 

Step 6 

Step 7 

Step 8 

Step 9 

Step 

10 

Step 

11 

Train the Trainee Facilitators on the Basic Study Skills 

Program 

Deliver the 1st round of Basic Study Skills Workshops 

to 40 x Grade 7's 

Deliver the 2nd round of Basic Study Skills 

Workshops to 40 x Grade 7's 

Deliver the 3rd round of Basic Study Skills Workshops 

to 20 x Grade 7's and 20 x Grade 6's 

Delivery the 4th round of Basic Study Skills 


Register the 160 x Workshop Beneficiaries (learners) 

as club members for 1 year 

To equip them with the 

required product knowledge 

To let the Trainee Facilitators 

observe 


assist 


present under supervision 


present independently 

To ensure continuous learner 

development 

32 Hours (FT one week or PT 

over 3 Weeks) 

4 Hours per workshop 

(Running simultaneously) 







After Workshops 



Step 

12 

Step 

13 

Step 

14 

Step 

15 

Step 

16 

Step 

17 

Deliver the Basic Study Skills Workshops to the 

remaining 40 x Grade 6 learners. 

Register the 40 x Workshop Beneficiaries (learners) 


Train the Trainee Facilitators on the Advanced 

Study Skills Program 

Deliver the 1st round of Advanced Study Skills 


Delivery of 2nd round of Advanced Study Skills 


Delivery of 3rd round of Advanced Study Skills 


To train all Gr. 6 and Gr. 7 

learners in Basic Study Skills 


development 




assist 







Club Fee of R300 


over 3 Weeks) 






(Running simultaneously)

• Year 2 Onward 


Step 

18 

Deliver ten (10) Basic Study Skills Workshops to 100 x 

Grade 5 learners. 

Train all Grade 5's in Basic Study 

Skills 



Step 

19 

Deliver ten (10) Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 

100 x Grade 7 learners. 

Train all Grade 7's in Advanced 

Study Skills 



Step 

20 

Register 100 Workshop Beneficiaries (Gr 5 learners) 


To ensure continuous 

development 


Step 

21 

Reregister 200 Grade 6 and 7 Learners as club 

members for 1 year 


development 

At Start of new academic 

year 




Step 1 Meet with School Leadership To obtain commitment 1 hour 

Step 2 Meet with Governing Body To obtain formal approval 1 hour 

Step 3 Meet again with School Leadership To do strategic planning 4 Hours 

Step 4 Meet with Implementation Team To plan rollout of workshops 4 Hours 

Step 5 Select five (5) Trainee Facilitators To choose the correct people 15 Hours 

Step 6 

Step 7 

Step 8 

Step 9 

Step 

10 

Step 

11 

Train the Trainee Facilitators on the Basic Study Skills 

Program 

Deliver the 1st round of Basic Study Skills Workshops 


Deliver the 2nd round of Basic Study Skills 


Deliver the 3rd round of Basic Study Skills Workshops 


Deliver the 4th round of Basic Study Skills Workshops 







observe 


assist 






development 


over 3 Weeks) 












Step Item Goal Duration 

Step 

12 

Step 

13 

Step 

14 

Step 

15 

Step 

16 

Train the Trainee Facilitators on the Advanced 

Study Skills Program 

Deliver the 1st round of Advanced Study Skills 


Delivery of 2nd round of Advanced Study Skills 


Delivery of 3rd round of Advanced Study Skills 

Workshops to 50x Grade 7's 

Deliver the Advanced Study Skills Workshops to the 

remaining 50 x Grade 7 learners. 





assist 





To train all Gr. 7 learners in 

Advanced Study Skills 



over 3 Weeks) 









Step 

17 

Deliver twenty Basic Study Skills Workshops to 200 x 






Step 

18 




development 

After Workshops

• Year 2 


Step 

19 

Step 

20 

Step 

19 

Step 

21 

Step 

22 





Deliver twenty Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 


Register 400 Workshop Beneficiaries (Gr 5 & 6 

learners) as club members for 1 year 

Reregister 200 grade 7 learners as club members 

for 1 year 









development 


development 










year 

Step 

22 







Step 

23 

Deliver twenty Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 






Step 

24 




development 


Step 

25 

Reregister 400 grade 6 and 7 learners as club 

members for 1 year 


development 


year 

VI. COST STRUCTURE 

The following cost contributors were identified as per the “Scope of Work” as set out in Section V infra. 

• Administrative Costs 

• Recruitment Costs 

• Facilitator Training Costs 

• Workshop Delivery Costs 

• Club Registration Costs 

OVERVIEW 

The Workshop Delivery Cost is further broken down into the following cost components 

• Hosting Costs 

• Learner Transport Costs 

• Food and Beverage Costs 

• Facilitator Costs 

• Workbook Costs 

• Stationary Costs 

• Research and Development Costs 

• Administrative Costs 

• Project Management Costs 

• Club Fees for 1 Year 

In the following paragraphs of this section the cost as described in this overview is set out in detail, starting with 

the Workshop Delivery Costs and then the full project costs as aligned with the “Scope of Work”

WORKSHOP FEE BREAKDOWN 

RATE (Per Learner) R700.00 % To 

Hosting R 80.00 11.43% School 

Transport R 20.00 2.86% Ad Hoc Provider 

Lunch Box R 95.00 13.57% Ad Hoc Provider 

Facilitator R 120.00 17.14% Facilitator 

Learner Workbook R 70.00 10.00% Publisher 

Stationary R 15.00 2.14% Ad Hoc Provider 

R & D Fee R 80.00 11.43% IP Holder 

Admin R 60.00 8.57% Administrator 

Project Management R 100.00 14.29% Program Manager 

Club Fees (Yearly) R 60.00 8.57% Club Master 

R 700.00 100% 

Workshop Fee for 10 Learners R7 000.00 

Depending on the Facilitation Training Phase, in which a workshop is delivered, the R1 200 facilitation costs is distributed between 

the lead Facilitator and the Training Facilitator in the following ratios 

• Round 1 Lead Facilitator: R 1 100.00 Trainee Facilitator: R 100.00 

• Round 2 Lead Facilitator: R 1 000.00 Trainee Facilitator: R 200.00 

• Round 3 Lead Facilitator: R 600.00 Trainee Facilitator: R 600.00 

• Round 4 Lead Facilitator: R 200.00 Trainee Facilitator: R 1 000.00 

PROJECT COSTS 



Action Rate Quantum Cost 

Meet with School Leadership R 800.00 1 R 800.00 

Meet with Governing Body R 800.00 1 R 800.00 

Meet again with School Leadership R 3 200.00 1 R 3 200.00 

Meet with Implementation Team R 3 200.00 1 R 3 200.00 

Select four (4) Trainee Facilitators R 9 600.00 1 R 9 600.00 

Train the Trainee Facilitators on the BSS Program R 7 500.00 4 R 30 000.00 

Deliver the 1st round of BSS Workshops to 40 x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 4 R 28 000.00 

Deliver the 2nd round of BSS Workshops to 40 x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 4 R 28 000.00 

Deliver the 3rd round of BSS Workshops to 20 x Grade 7's and 20 x Grade 6's R 7 000.00 4 R 28 000.00 

Delivery the 4th round of Basic Study Skills Workshops to 40 x Grade 6's R 7 000.00 4 R 28 000.00 

Register the 160 x Workshop Beneficiaries as club members for 1 year Included 160 R 0.00 

R 159 600.00



Deliver the Basic Study Skills Workshops to the remaining 40 x Grade 6 learners. R 7 000.00 4 R 28 000.00 

Register the 40 x Workshop Beneficiaries (learners) as club members for 1 year Included 40 R 0.00 

Train the Trainee Facilitators on the Advanced Study Skills Program R 7 500.00 4 R 30 000.00 

Deliver the 1st round of Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 32 x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 4 R 28 000.00 

Delivery of 2nd round of Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 32 x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 4 R 28 000.00 

Delivery of 3rd round of Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 36 x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 4 R 28 000.00 



R 142 000.00 

Deliver ten (10) Basic Study Skills Workshops to 100 x Grade 5 learners. R 7 000.00 10 R 70 000.00 

Deliver ten (10) Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 100 x Grade 7 learners. R 7 000.00 10 R 70 000.00 

Register 100 Workshop Beneficiaries (Gr 5 learners) as club members for 1 year Included 100 R 0.00 

Reregister 200 Grade 6 and 7 Learners as club members for 1 year R 60.00 200 R 12 000.00 




R 152 000.00 

Meet with School Leadership R 800.00 1 R 800.00 

Meet with Governing Body R 800.00 1 R 800.00 

Meet again with School Leadership R 3 200.00 1 R 3 200.00 

Meet with Implementation Team R 3 200.00 1 R 3 200.00 

Select five (5) Trainee Facilitators R 12 000.00 1 R 12 000.00 

Train the Trainee Facilitators on the Basic Study Skills Program R 7 500.00 5 R 37 500.00 

Deliver the 1st round of Basic Study Skills Workshops to 50 x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 5 R 35 000.00 

Deliver the 2nd round of Basic Study Skills Workshops to 50 x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 5 R 35 000.00 

Deliver the 3rd round of Basic Study Skills Workshops to 50 x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 5 R 35 000.00 

Deliver the 4th round of Basic Study Skills Workshops to 50 x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 5 R 35 000.00 



Item Rate Quantum Cost 

R 197 500.00 

Train the Trainee Facilitators on the Advanced Study Skills Program R 7 500.00 5 R 37 500.00 

Deliver the 1st round of Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 50 x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 5 R 35 000.00 

Delivery of 2nd round of Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 50 x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 5 R 35 000.00 

Delivery of 3rd round of Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 50x Grade 7's R 7 000.00 5 R 35 000.00 

Deliver the ASS Workshops to the remaining 50 x Grade 7 learners. R 7 000.00 5 R 35 000.00 

R 177 500.00



Deliver twenty Basic Study Skills Workshops to 200 x Grade 6 learners. R 7 000.00 20 R 140 000.00 


R 140 000.00 

• Year 2 




Deliver twenty Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 200 x Grade 7 learners. R 7 000.00 20 R 140 000.00 

Register 600 Workshop Beneficiaries as club members for 1 year Included 400 R 0.00 

R 420 000.00 

• Year 3 



Deliver twenty Advanced Study Skills Workshops to 200 x Grade 7 learners. R 7 000.00 20 R 140 000.00 

Register 200 Workshop Beneficiaries (Gr 5 learners) as club members Included 200 R 0.00 

Reregister 400 grade 6 and 7 learners as club members for 1 year R 60.00 400 R 24 000.00 

R 304 000.00 

VII. RISK MITIGATION 

Risk 1: The identified school does not fully support the project 

• The school receives a hosting fee of R800 for each workshop, that can be used to pay a teacher / administrator to open 

and setup the venue. With 4 or more workshops running concurrently, the amount paid to the school for hosting the 

workshops will be more than R3 200 per day. 

• The school will be invited to identify potential trainee facilitators, for screening by the recruiter. 

• Workshops will ideally be conducted on Saturday mornings, so that any interference with the school’s normal program, 

can be kept to a minimum. 

Risk 2: Children who are nominated to attend a workshop does not attend 

• Provision is made for a R20 transport fee per learner so that those who are dependent on public transport can get to the 

venue on the weekend. 

• The children receive a lunchbox on the day, that also contains treats. 

• The workshop activities are designed to be fun events, so that the children learn while enjoying themselves. 

Risk 3: There is no follow-up after the workshops. 

• On completion of the first workshop, the learners are registered on the “Student Skills for Life” web-club, for 5 years. 

• Via the web-club they can stay in contact with their facilitators and have access to additional study resources and 

activities that are specifically intended to enhance the skills learned during the workshops. 

• The “Basic Study Skills” and “Advanced Study Skills” workshops are the first two workshops in a series of four. The other 

two being “The World of Work” and “Self-Management” that is aimed at High School learners. 

Risk 4: Money is paid by the sponsoring company, but delivery expectations are not met, and no feedback is received 

• The project is broken down in identifiable and measurable phases, with identifiable and measurable steps, so that a 

specific amount is paid before and after every step in the process. 

• All money received from the sponsoring company are distributed to the other parties by the Project Manager. 

• On completion of each step, the Project Manager sends a report to the Sponsoring Company. 

• The specific payment arrangements are made by the Project Manager and the Sponsoring Company 

\

An illustrative payment schedule for Phase 1 of a Generic Project 300 intervention is given below. 

Action Cost Pre-Payments Post-Payments 

Payment 1 

R 4 000.00 

Meet with School Leadership R 800.00 

Meet with Governing Body R 800.00 

Meet again with School Leadership R 3 200.00 

Meet with Implementation Team R 3 200.00 

Payment 2 

R4 800.00 R 4 000.00 

Select four (4) Trainee Facilitators R 9 600.00 

Payment 3 

R 15 000.00 R 4 800.00 

Train the Trainee Facilitators on the BSS Program R 30 000.00 

Payment 4 

R 14 000.00 R15 000.00 

Deliver the 1st round of BSS Workshops to 40 x Grade 7's R 28 000.00 

Payment 5 

R 14 000.00 R14 000.00 

Deliver the 2nd round of BSS Workshops to 40 x Grade 7's R 28 000.00 

Payment 6 

R 14 000.00 R14 000.00 

Deliver the 3rd round of BSS Workshops to 20 x Grade 7's and 20 x Grade 6's R 28 000.00 

Payment 7 

R 14 000.00 R14 000.00 

Delivery the 4th round of Basic Study Skills Workshops to 40 x Grade 6's R 28 000.00 

Payment 8 

R14 000.00 

Register the 160 x Workshop Beneficiaries as club members for 5 years R 0.00 

TOTALS R 159 600.00 R 79 800.00 R 79 800.00 

VIII. STAFFING RESOURCES 

The Project Administrator will be responsible for the following: 

• The organising, setting, and attending of school meetings 

• Liaising with the school before the workshops 

• Buying the food and stationery from the providers 

• Ordering the workbooks from the publisher before the workshops 

• The collection and filing of workshop documentation 

The Project Manager will be responsible for the following 

• Liaising with the Sponsor 

• Coordinating all project activities 

• Receiving payments from the sponsor and making payments to other project participants 

• Reporting to the sponsor 

• Making recommendations to other project participants 

The Recruiter will be responsible for the following 

• The recruitment and selection of the trainee facilitators 

The Club Master will be responsible for the following 

• The maintenance and development of the web-club platform 

• Finding and creating web-club content in cooperation with the IP holder 

• The registration of the learners on the platform 

The Facilitators will be responsible for the following 

• Facilitating the workshops 

• Distribution of workbooks, lunchboxes, and stationery 

• The completion of workshop documentation 

• Workshop administration 

• Monitoring the progress of the trainee facilitators

The IP holder will be responsible for the following 

• Continuous research and development of existing and new workshops 

• Training the trainee facilitators on the different workshop content 

• Finding and creating web-club content in cooperation with the Club Master 

The publisher will be responsible for the following 

• Delivering the correct workbooks at the correct quantity to the administrator 

It is possible for one person or entity to fulfil more than one of the roles described above 

At present, eight (8) facilitators have been trained and can facilitate both the Basic Study Skills Workshop and the Advanced 

Study Skills Workshop. As the trainee facilitators envisioned by this project plan complete their training, they will join this pool of 

facilitators and could be utilised as facilitators on future projects. 

IX. MEASUREMENTS OF SUCCESS 

Key Performance Indicator 

Target 


Year 1 - Phase 1 

• Number of “Basic Study Skills” Workshops Conducted 

• Number of children participating in the “Basic Study Skills” Workshops 

• Number of “Basic Study Skills” facilitators trained 

• Number of children registered on the “Student Skills for Life” web-club platform 




• Number of “Advanced Study Skills” facilitators trained 


• Number of “Advanced Study Skills” Workshops Conducted 

• Number of children participating in the “Advanced Study Skills” Workshops 

Years 2 - 5 










• Number of “Basic Study Skills” facilitators trained 





• Number of “Advanced Study Skills” facilitators trained 




Year 2 






16 Workshops 

160 Children 

4 Facilitators 

160 Children 

4 Workshops 

40 Children 


40 Children 

12 Workshops 

100 Children 

10 Workshops 

100 Children 

100 Children 

10 Workshops 

100 Children 

20 Workshops 

200 Children 


200 Children 

20 Workshops 

200 Children 


20 Workshops 

200 Children 

40 Workshops 

400 Children 

400 Children 

20 Workshops 

200 Children

Years 3 - 5 






20 Workshops 

200 Children 

200 Children 

20 Workshops 

200 Children 

X. RELATED DOCUMENTS 

Any Related documents and Endorsements will be supplied at the sponsors request 

XIII. TERMS & CONDITIONS 

All the parties referenced in this proposal is expected to treat the proposal with the strictest confidentiality 

We undertake to give the sponsor the exclusive branding and bragging rights should this proposal be excepted 

PROPOSAL MAY BE WITHDRAWN IF NOT ACCEPTED BY DATE OF 

Date here 

XIV. ACCEPTANCE OF PROPOSAL 

AUTHORIZED 

CLIENT SIGNATURE 

DATE OF 

ACCEPTANCE 

Notes 

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