Girl pupils to conquer the world
Pupils work and play towards reaching their dreams.
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica), in partnership with the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE), will give talented Grade 10 girl pupils the chance to play the Saica GDE Business Development Games. This year’s event was launched at West Ridge High School and will help the girls participating in it discover the inner workings of the world of business.
The event is used as a platform to identify girl pupils for Saica’s Thuthuka Development Camps, which aim to improve the pass rate among mathematics, science and accounting pupils at high school level. The games are in the form of edutainment to make learning fun, motivate pupils and help them internalise key business lessons.
Saica’s Senior Executive for Transformation and Growth, Gugu Makhanya said through the Saica GDE Business Development Games, they introduce Gauteng’s girl pupils to real-life business situations.
“Pupils discover all about the various daily decisions business leaders have to make to run their companies successfully.
As an institution, we also use the games to introduce girl pupils to chartered accountancy as a career of choice. The reason we restrict the game to girls pupils is the shortage of female chartered accountants in the country. One of the ways of increasing this number is to promote the accountancy profession to pupils at an early stage. This is especially important in a country like ours where broadening girls’ aspirations and strengthening the pipeline of young women interested in business careers are critical,” she said.
Sifunda Twala who was part of the programme in 2011 was chosen as a group leader and together with project managers Ethel Nhlapo and Belinda Dorney assisted the girls with the games. Sifunda is now in her second year of university and was one of the role models who motivated the pupils.
“The games made accounting make sense and influenced me to pursue a career as a chartered accountant.
The games explain in a fun way what debit and credit are and what impact they have on business. My advice to the young girls participating in this programme is to work hard to get over their first hurdle, which is Grade 12. Once they get into university they can pursue their dreams,” said Sifunda.
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