Improve your math skills, improve your life
Are your poor mathematics and English skills holding you back from living a fulfilled life?
Improving these very basic skills will make you more employable, help you to understand business better, boost your intellect, problem-solving skills, income and set you up for success.
The national average for Grade 9 mathematics was a shocking 13 per cent in 2012.
Last year, the average of the Annual National Assessment improved very slightly to 14 per cent.
A global survey published by the World Economic Forum in June, covering 148 countries, found that South Africa is perceived to have the lowest quality of education in the world (even lower than Haiti, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Chad).
The minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, downplayed the findings the first week of June, because they were based on perceptions and not on actual academic results.
The Department of Education has not commented on the report.
As an employer, George Honiball, an industrial psychologist with over 20 years of management consulting and HR experience, have seen a steady decline in the quality and calibre of matriculants that he has tried to employ, most notably in the past five years.
“These young adults struggle to write coherently and cannot do basic mathematical calculations,” says Honiball.
To assist with screening candidates, Honiball has developed online tests that applicants must now complete before they are interviewed.
According to Honiball, the majority of applicants fail these tests.
Honibal invites all entrepreneurs, small businessowner, scholars, students, employees and managers to improve their skills and become more effective in the workplace and in society.
He will give you access to a world-class, web-based system that will dramatically improve your skill set.
Go to the website by visiting www.leadershipunited.com and fill in the online form or send an e-mail to join@leadershipunited.com.
You will be invited to complete the online survey to assess your English and applied mathematics skills.
Your results will be sent within 24 hours, benchmarked to the South African population.
You will also be invited to the official launch that will take place at Word and Life on July 31 at 7pm.
For more information, send an e-mail to Honiball at george@leadershipunited.com – @IschkeBoksburg
