TRIPLE E TRAINING HOLDINGS

There are classes for basic education of adults available all over the country. Community centres and halls have been turned into classrooms so that each and every person who is need of basic skills and training as access to an education. Businesses and corporations who have a high illiteracy rate amongst their workers can contact these centres so that their employees can begin gaining basic education. These centres can arrange for a facilitator to come to the business premises to begin the education at a small cost to the employer. The cost is to cover the learning materials that the learner will receive as well as the time of the facilitator.

The ABET level 2 program further empowers the learner by taking the first steps toward a more abstract application of literacy and numeracy skills, for example within the literacy context the learner will begin to have a more critical understanding of a variety of text and within the numeracy context the learner will gain the ability to solve realistic, as well as abstract problems using whole numbers, decimals and percentages. This knowledge will enable the learner to progress both on a personal level and on a business level and enable them to become a more productive member of society and contribute to the wellbeing of their family in a more meaningful manner.

The Adult Basic Education programs consist of a variety of modules which take into account the social and community context of the learner. The foundation of the ABET program is ABET level 1 which is the equivalent of grade 3. It provides the learner with speaking and listening skills, the ability to read and respond to a variety of text types and the ability to write within a variety of contexts and for a variety of purposes. It also provides the learner with basic numeracy skills. ABET level 1 will give the learner the basic skills to become a productive member of society and contribute towards the success of a company within a business context.

As Adult basic Education programs become more popular more and more employers are offering their employees the opportunity to take part in the programs. However even with the best will in the world employers must take into account the imperatives facing their business. They have to ensure that targets are met and that the business remains viable. Goodwill alone will not keep the business afloat. For this reason most providers of ABET services will hold classes on site to minimise the disruption to everyday activities. Workers can then attend classes totaling between four to six hours a week which will allow them to complete an ABET level in between four to eight months.

The ABET education is presented at the employer’s premises or a location selected by the employer that will be most convenient for the attendees. Once the employees are enrolled in the ABET education programs the location most convenient for the learners can be selected. The ABET education classes are presented any day or days of the week according to client needs. Triple e also schedules the classes to accommodate the work hours, shifts, transport requirements, cost to company, organized labour preferences, company policies, and hours available. Triple e thus ensures the most convenient times and locations for the presentation of ABET education classes, showing our commitment to our clients and learners.

Triple e provides well structured English classes for adults in the workplace. Every class is structured to meet the specific learning needs of the attendees and upon completion of the specific levels the attendees will do either an assessment or a POE. Once they have passed the level they receive their NQF for that level. Pre-assessments are made of the learning skills, comprehension of the language, and previous education before enrolling a learner in one of the English classes – ensuring targeted education that is fun, motivational and highly effective. The English classes for adults are presented at the workplace, making it possible for more workers to attend and thus become skilled in the most used business language of this country.

Adult teaching differs from teaching children or even full time students. There is less time and the learners want to see results quickly. It is however, also important to note that once a person enrols out of free will, the learner is generally more positive and eager to learn. As such we encourage employers to explain adult teaching methods with their employees to ensure a positive attitude right from the start. We follow adult teaching methods that inspire, uplift, motivate, and encourage. Our aim is never to break down, but to build on existing skills. As such the attendees enjoy our classes and prefer our way of adult teaching because they can see immediate results. This also benefits the employer that receives the advantages of an education workforce almost immediately.

Triple e Training, dedicated to disadvantaged students’ empowerment, numbers among South Africa’s oldest, most respected, and largest providers of Adult Basic Educational Training. Triple e collaborates with business and industry, designing and developing work-based, results-oriented programs of instruction and experiential learning. Triple e emphasizes responsiveness to each community’s unique needs and expectations, and the company takes great pride in its history of exemplary service to stakeholders and students. Careful selection and training of exceptionally well-qualified, very highly motivated staff and constant assessment of the staff’s performance assure that Triple e meets and exceeds clients’ and students’ highest expectations. Triple e Training’s client list reads like a directory of South Africa’s leading manufacturers and the leaders in all the nation’s industries. With headquarters in Gauteng and regional offices nationwide, Tripe e Training easily can arrange ABET classes on-site, at places convenient to learners, or custom-tailored to a company’s special requirements.

Traditional educators always understood the notion of learning for its own sake as one of their vocation’s guiding principles. One learns a language or logical system because it stimulates the mind, they thought. Measurements of intellectual development prevailed. However, from the beginning, architects of South Africa’s sophisticated worker education classes program insisted growth rates and numerical indices of students’ achievement never would document the effectiveness of or prove the value of their instruction and activities. Workers and their employers had to see meaningful results. If a skill did not contribute to work, or if an alumnus of worker education could not apply a skill at work, the whole enterprise was worthless. Workers and managers demanded performance prove instruction’s effectiveness. All the collaborators in the nation’s system of worker education classesagreed, “The immediate value of the training program must be observable.” A principle so patently clear to businessmen revolutionized worker education classes.

Because students readily learn to read and write when they have opportunities to use their new language skills in their work, basic adult English classes focus first on conversational workplace conversations. Working with corporate associates, professional educators and trainers who specialize in Basic English adult classes, develop curriculum according to everyday situations in the job site. Conversations develop interactions between supervisors and employees, or they build from common social situations, and vocabulary emphasizes professional jargon and common expressions used at the jobsite.

Basic English adult classes, although they focus on spoken language, nevertheless build simple command of phonics and they develop word recognition, the fundamentals of reading. Because rising English users are familiar with approximately ten times more spoken words than they can read, basic English adult classes capitalize on that familiarity to boost students’ vocabularies and lay the foundation for reading.