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Schools For Success: Educating Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs

LIV VILLAGE SCHOOL, KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
― Nelson Mandela

Organised by Teach A Man To Fish in association with Fundacion Paraguaya, the annual Education That Pays For Itself Conference will feature experts from the The Saville Foundation, British Council, Raiz Corp, the Maharishi Institute, the Win Win Group, Ashoka, the Bertha Centre, Junior Achievement Africa, Camara Education, FVS AMADE and many, many more. Join these leading voices as we explore the world of financially sustainable and innovative approaches to education and look ahead at how we can teach the next generation of entrepreneurs and leaders the skills they will need to thrive in tomorrow's workplace.

Realising a Shared Vision

Organised by UK charity Teach A Man To Fish with support from The Saville Foundation the Education That Pays For Itself conference represents a new age in education.

It represents belief in the power of entrepreneurship and the next generation.

It represents a passion for creating a better world where young people are job creators...not job seekers.

And, with millions of beneficiaries year on year, enterprise education programmes globally represent a new era in how we prepare young people for the future.

We will welcome up to 250 delegates for 3 days of lively workshops, debates and presentations. Our participants include educators, policymakers, business people, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and NGOs from around the world, all sharing their ideas and knowledge on transforming young people from job seekers into job creators through educational and profitable school businesses.

“The best thing about the conference was the level of engagement, preparation and genuineness of people to make the world a better place." - Conference participant 2015

Whether you are an organisation or individual involved in entrepreneurship in education or you want to find out how you can use these skills with your staff, students and co-workers then this event is not to be missed!

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Why South Africa?

Teach A Man To Fish has been working with schools in South Africa since 2011. Our committed collaboration with the provincial Ministry of Education in Kwa Zulu Natal started in 2014.

Growing from 60 rural and peri-urban schools in 2014, 288 schools registered for the School Enterprise Challenge in South Africa in 2015. Students in these schools have set up school enterprises such as recycling waste, school snack shops and beaded jewellery making, generating profits of up to €448 in 3 months. Participating students (85% female on average) reported gaining new skills and experience such as how to plan and set up a business, work as a team and having increased confidence and life aspirations.

It seems fitting that we celebrate enterprise education in a community that represents the positive impact it is having!

Discover What You've Been Missing!

The Education That Pays For Itself international conferences are now in their 10th year, and they just keep getting better!

Unlike other events which are dominated by endless PowerPoint presentations, we focus on learning in small groups, and sharing expertise within solution-oriented workshops.

Every year we hold the conference with an educational organisation or school so that participants can be at the heart of education innovation.

We also believe that much of the value in conferences such as ours comes from the working relationships formed, so we make sure there's plenty of time in the evenings for fun and getting to know one another.

To read about previous Education That Pays For Itself events - click here.






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