AID agreement no. 674-0303-G-SS-1024-00 with Junior Achievement Southern Africa to support an expansion of business education activities targeted at black South African school children

Under the grant, JASA will increase the number of participants, especially black participants, in its experiential business education program, an after-school program that allows high school students the opportunity to start and run a mini-company under the guidance of volunteer business advisors. The students elect a management team, sell stock, produce and market a product, and finally liquidate the company and distribute the profits. Advisors gradually reduce their level of supervision over the 11-week duration of the program. The grant will also fund expansion of the experiential program, though development of a academic business instructional program aimed at younger students (8th grade). The program will be implemented primarily in black schools, but may later be introduced into the formal school system. Most of the teaching will be done by volunteer business executives trained by JASA. Pilot programs will be implemented to test the effectiveness of both instructional material and the training and delivery system. Research will be conducted to evaluate the program"s overall impact. JASA will expand and improve its organizational infrastructure and recruit and train black personnel to fill positions created by such expansion. By 12/93, JASA aims to have at least half of its senior management posts (currently 100% white) and 60% of field management positions (currently 90% white) filled by black personnel. Salaries for an operations manager and a part-time secretary, recruitment costs, and training will be funded under the grant.