1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: So sad too. Weekend Breakfast the Future of. 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 2: Ten minutes after nine o'clock time for us to look 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 2: ahead to the future of tech education in the city 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 2: of joe Burg. As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 2: we were very lucky to be joined by doctor Teddy Blatcher. 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 2: He is a pioneer in educational transformation. He's the CEO 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 2: and founder of the Maharishi Invincibility Institute, and he spoke 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 2: to us about this grand plan of building an education 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 2: town in Joburg, CBD. As we see sort of around 10 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 2: the world. The other education town still in Bushes and 11 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: education town Makanda formerly Grahamstown. 12 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: It's an education town. 13 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 2: It's a kind of idea in the city of Joeburg, 14 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 2: and it's all happening through the Maharishi Invincibility Institute. And 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 2: this week we're now seeing an institute of technology called 16 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: the Next Up Institute of Technology that's been launched in 17 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 2: Joeburg and it is ten floors that's been dedicated to 18 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 2: just tech education in the CBD. So to tell tell 19 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 2: us about this next stage in the institute's work, we'll 20 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: joined the studio by doctor Teddy Bletcher. We also have 21 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:11,919 Speaker 2: a studio the Academics director of the Next Next Up Institute, 22 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 2: Marcus Coropin also joins us in the studio. Doctor Bletcher, Marcus, 23 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 2: A very good morning to you both. 24 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's so good to be back Google, thank you, 25 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 3: and thank you so much for coming to our event 26 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 3: and coming two times in just a few weeks. 27 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, any excuse to be in the JOEBIGCBD. 28 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: I love the JOVICVD. 29 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 2: I grew up there, so anytime there's any excuse to 30 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: be there, count me in. But this week was really 31 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 2: really cool kind of seeing the work that's being done 32 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 2: with building this tech institute. But remind us of your 33 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: this big plan that you have this education town in 34 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: the middle of Joebig CBD and what it could do 35 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 2: for I mean, we've seen education towns contribute greatly in 36 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 2: other parts of the world, and you are doing the 37 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 2: same thing or aiming to do the same thing in 38 00:01:59,080 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: the heart of Joolsey. 39 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, just like you, we huge believers in Josie, and 40 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 3: a lot of people think Josie's died and gone to 41 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 3: Hell or something. We think it's just been waiting really 42 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,679 Speaker 3: for this moment and to be reinvented, to be reimagined. 43 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 3: Maybe big business is not going to come back to 44 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 3: the city, but we can get tens of thousands of 45 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 3: students coming into. 46 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: The city already. It's uj between them. 47 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 3: I've got about ninety four to one hundred thousand students 48 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 3: if you include the part time students. We think we 49 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 3: could create the greatest kind of massification of education, and 50 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 3: that's why we're calling it an education town on the whole 51 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 3: African continent. If we could get to one hundred and 52 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 3: fifty to two hundred thousand students in like an eight 53 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 3: ten square mile radius, everything will change. And when you 54 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 3: look around the world, for example, in you mentioned Cambridge 55 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 3: in the UK, Cambridge produces seven hundred billion rander yure 56 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 3: for the English economy. They employ eighty six thousand people, 57 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 3: but they've only got twelve and a half thousand students 58 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 3: at undergraduate level and there's a massive return on investments. 59 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 3: So we think exactly the same thing can happen if 60 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 3: we invest in our young people from all of our communities, 61 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 3: all the townships, and we give those young people access 62 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 3: to what we call world leading education for all that 63 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 3: everybody who wants to pursue their dreams, follow their hearts, 64 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 3: fine fields that they love that they're excited about. That 65 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 3: is the real gold of Josey. That's like the next 66 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 3: two point oh gold of Josy. That's what we're working 67 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 3: to create, so a place open for all, accessible to all, 68 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 3: high tech, ultra modern happening, globally relevant and ultimately become 69 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 3: the education capital of Africa. 70 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 2: So you speak a lot about demand based education where 71 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 2: you kind of look at and you work quite closely 72 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 2: with employers that as you train young people. I think 73 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: you said your absorption rate or your placement rate is. 74 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: Ninety nine for nearly twenty years. 75 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: So young people are being trained in critical skills, in 76 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,119 Speaker 2: and feels that employers are looking for and so they're 77 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 2: almost guaranteed talk to us about that demand based education 78 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 2: and training. 79 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: That's goods. 80 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 3: We realize that the economy is so tough and we've 81 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 3: got such high levels of youth unemployment in the country 82 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 3: that to just so firstly, we're nonprofits, so we're not 83 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 3: caring about making profits. We're caring about changing the lives 84 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 3: of young people. That is our target market. That's our love, 85 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 3: our passion. What we care about eating sleep every single 86 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,799 Speaker 3: day is helping young people change their lives and build 87 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 3: an incredible future for themselves. So what we realize is 88 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 3: if we want to get these young people into quality jobs, 89 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 3: you can't just put them into a classroom and teach 90 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 3: them some stuff and then let them exit and hope 91 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 3: that they're going to find jobs. They don't have the 92 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 3: connections into the economy, maybe they're not learning the right fields, etc. 93 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 3: So what we first do is we find large employers. 94 00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 3: So an example I mentioned of a wonderful partnership we 95 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 3: have with Bright Insurance that I spoke about. For example, 96 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 3: at the launch, we had the CEO and chairperson there, 97 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 3: but this company, it's a very large short term insurance company, 98 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 3: and they've pledged to employ one thousand young people who 99 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 3: have a certain set of specialist skills that are very 100 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 3: hard to come by in the market. And already we've 101 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 3: worked with them and trained in place just under turn 102 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 3: and fifty that they've employed. That program's had our one 103 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 3: hundred percent job placement rate. We've had incredible programs that 104 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 3: we're running, for example with ABSA and cybersecurity and in 105 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 3: some other cutting edge fields which have had a very 106 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 3: very high placement rate. And this changes the life of 107 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 3: a young person, So it gets them into a quality job, 108 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 3: but it's giving the employee exactly the skills they need. 109 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 2: Right Marcaus, I'd like to bring it in here. As 110 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 2: the academics director for the Next Up Institute, we hear 111 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 2: a lot about the jobs of the future, the skills 112 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 2: of the future, the things that young people should be 113 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 2: learning now to hopefully have a career and sort of 114 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 2: a future. We're not even sure what's going to look like. 115 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 2: Genitive AI is shifting things quite dramatically. Talk to us 116 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 2: about some of the skills that the Institute will be 117 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 2: teaching young people and other skills that are in demand 118 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 2: right now. 119 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 4: Thanks for having us this way and go because it's 120 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 4: a pleasure to be here. And I just want to 121 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 4: say this, all of this that's happening wouldn't be possible 122 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 4: without the great partnerships that we have doctor b. One 123 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 4: of that being Josie, My Josie, who's been phenomenal and 124 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 4: not just meeting their mandate in terms of the inner city, 125 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 4: but I'm seeing as well it's reaching out into the townships, 126 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 4: which is very important in terms of the future skill. 127 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 4: I don't even know, and I think even big business 128 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 4: doesn't know what's going to happen tomorrow. Hence the demand 129 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 4: driven programs that we run. So the big topics today 130 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 4: is cybersecurity, AI, user interaction, and user interface design. So 131 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 4: we are training that in the class room now, but 132 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 4: not just training those programs from a theoretical perspective. Each 133 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 4: of our learners go through what we call action learning 134 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 4: projects together with what we coined as power skills, what 135 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 4: traditional business called soft skills generally, but making sure that 136 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 4: we build a holistic human being and not just focused 137 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 4: purely on the tech curriculum, which the tech curriculum is 138 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 4: very important, So to respond to what you asked, so 139 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 4: cybersecurity geneture of AI is very important, and again not 140 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 4: teaching AI so people can cheat through exams and things 141 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 4: like that, but to ethically use AI in terms of 142 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 4: getting done what they need to do for their job roles. 143 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 2: Right, And so you speak about it's not just about 144 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 2: the I guess the hard skills or the technical skills 145 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 2: that they'll be learning, but quite a big part of 146 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,119 Speaker 2: the work that the institute does is kind of looking 147 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 2: at holistic, looking at the student holistically. So they start 148 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 2: they with transcendental meditation. There's like psychosocial support, is that 149 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 2: also going to be part of the next up Institute's 150 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 2: program as well all the other bits that are in 151 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 2: the security training that the institute does. 152 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 4: So there's no question about that. Just to let you know, 153 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,119 Speaker 4: I was part. I became part of this institution twenty 154 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 4: three years ago as a student myself, and I've known 155 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 4: doubt to be as a student. And I mean the 156 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 4: holistic approach that we use is something that definitely works. 157 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 4: For instance, on our cybersecurity program when we started about 158 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,719 Speaker 4: five or six years ago with upsur, all of the 159 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 4: learners were brought in and put through a psychometric evaluation 160 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 4: and none of them passed that psychometric evaluation, if I 161 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 4: can use the word past loosely there. But doctor B 162 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 4: spoke to the Upside team and asked, hey, let's take 163 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 4: these learners through to the first international exam, which was 164 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 4: a come tier certification. The learners were trained in transcendental meditation, 165 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 4: they started practicing yoga, and that holistic approach. All of 166 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 4: the learners passed that international exam, which industry experts fail. 167 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 4: And my belief and my opinion of this is it's 168 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 4: because we are giving them the right tools to manage 169 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 4: everything outside of their job. Roles and the teaching, the 170 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 4: training that they're going. 171 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 2: Through right, And I think that's for me, that's quite 172 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 2: a fascinating part of the work that the Institute does. 173 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 2: This idea that you know, you can't teach a young 174 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 2: person that has PTSD, and many of them in their 175 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 2: assessments with fount of PTSD. You can't teach someone who's hungry, 176 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 2: you can't teach someone who is worried about where am 177 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 2: I going to leave my child? And so kind of 178 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 2: it seems that the Institute's focuses about how do we 179 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 2: give young people the best possible chance to do well? 180 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 2: So if we take take everything else, they can then 181 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 2: focus on the. 182 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 3: Learning that's exactly right good. So I mean, just to 183 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 3: go back to what Marcus was saying, the results we 184 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 3: get are honestly ridiculous, Like so many exams, like these 185 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 3: international exams that maybe have like a forty percent global 186 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 3: pass rate, sometimes less than that, etc. And we're getting 187 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 3: one hundred percent pass and one hundred percent pass and 188 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 3: one hundred percent pass and with kids that people traditionally 189 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 3: would say would never make it through. 190 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 1: But a whole belief and what we've been proving now 191 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: and proven over. 192 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 3: Twenty five, five and ninety five times is that every 193 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 3: young person has got genius in them. And if you 194 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 3: can develop a person's inner potential, which you're not only 195 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 3: going to get by sitting in a classroom and memorizing 196 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 3: some stuff, you're going to get radically better results in 197 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 3: terms of your education. So that that is part of 198 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 3: what we do as this holistic wrap around approach that 199 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 3: you're saying, we call it a collocation of services. So 200 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 3: if a young mom coming from Orange Farm has got 201 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 3: two little children and while she's studying at college, and 202 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 3: she wants her little child to be in a world 203 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 3: class preschool, and then every day students are getting wonderful 204 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 3: cooked fresh food, they're getting all their books, materials, their 205 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 3: sports facilities. We're creating such an incredible ecosystem. So the 206 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 3: happiness on campus, you can feel it, Like yesterday I 207 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 3: walked like students had a like, I don't know, some 208 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 3: kind of sports celebration in this one sports facility we've created. 209 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 3: There were just hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of students 210 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 3: the you know, got well over three thousand students now 211 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 3: they're already in the precinct, and just the level of 212 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 3: happiness and joy like people like young people moving forward 213 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 3: with their lives and feeling excited about that. Yeah, that's 214 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 3: really what this ecosystem approach is about, Marcus. 215 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 2: I want to come back to you. Often when we 216 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 2: talk about I think certainly technical skills, technology, we don't 217 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 2: rate ourselves very highly well sort of especially if you 218 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: listen to the AI conversations at the moment it's really 219 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 2: about America and China. Africa isn't really kind of in 220 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 2: that conversation. So how does this program kind of read 221 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 2: or put us in the best position to kind of 222 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 2: be in that conversation right and kind of be thought 223 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 2: of as a center or you know, a worthy contributor 224 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 2: to the conversation was at the moment, Africa really isn't 225 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 2: in it. 226 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 4: You know, It's about bringing in partnerships. I mean, as 227 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 4: the Mariushi Institute, as M and I t we can't 228 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 4: do this by ourselves, so bringing in the relevant partnerships 229 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 4: into the country. We've done this already in our design 230 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 4: school where we brought in a curriculum from Germany and 231 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 4: it's the first in Africa where we've delivered a program 232 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 4: called UXQB which teaches design thinking and those kind of 233 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 4: skills to our youth, but tied into that as well. 234 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 4: It's very important that as M and I t and 235 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 4: as we grow this initiative over the next couple of years, 236 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 4: we ensure that our tech talent that we're developing are 237 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 4: building things. So we're not just back and saying, hey, 238 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 4: let's pass an exam, let's do this so that we 239 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 4: can get jobs. It's about the entrepreneurial initiatives that we 240 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 4: build out of this. We've already started doing this and 241 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 4: like I said, the academy has now been running for 242 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 4: over twenty three years, and over the years we've learnt 243 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 4: a lot. I mean from my perspective and my team 244 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 4: as well. I mean, just yesterday doctor B's talking about 245 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 4: the high past rates. We had a group of twenty 246 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 4: two learners on our cybersecurity program and they scored one 247 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 4: hundred percent past rate on the Cometier Seissa exam and 248 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:37,959 Speaker 4: that's like a first in South Africa, I believe. But yeah, 249 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 4: taking those guys as well, and what we're developing in 250 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 4: the cybersecurity space is a SoC environment where the learners 251 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 4: will get that practical exposure, so even before they get 252 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,719 Speaker 4: into jobs, they're getting that exposure, but also at the 253 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 4: same time they taking that skill and they building environments 254 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 4: and building skills within their communities. So that's going to 255 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 4: make a big difference because it's not just traditional university. 256 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 4: It's us taking what you learn in the classroom and 257 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 4: then going back into our communities firstly and making sure 258 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 4: that they benefit, because I mean, that's ultimately what we're 259 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 4: trying to do. Build our economy so that it gets 260 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 4: to such a level. Like you're saying that we start 261 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 4: competing with the China and start competing with America. 262 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: But let me change that way. 263 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 4: Not competing, it needs to be a collaborative effort where 264 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 4: all of these parties, whether it's international, local, all of 265 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 4: us come together for the benefit of humankind. For too 266 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 4: long we fight over everything. Let's change that dynamic and 267 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 4: work together for the greater benefit of all. 268 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 3: Yeah. 269 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 2: So this idea that you know, education is kind of 270 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 2: this public good, right, So you educate people like the 271 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 2: mom from Orange Parma, the two kids. Yes, not only 272 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 2: she in school, but then her kids are in school, 273 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 2: which then sets them up as well. And then once 274 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 2: she's graduated, she goes back to a community. So almost 275 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 2: we create you know, through the work the ideas. It 276 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 2: sounds as though kind of create this like long chain 277 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 2: of exactly of like benefits and not just for one person, 278 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 2: but there's like this multiplier event. 279 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's so exciting because we see how you 280 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 3: can fundamentally change an entire family. Like there's one example, 281 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 3: and we've got many examples like this, but there's one 282 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 3: student called Bliss. She's now in her third year, but 283 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 3: her grandmother, who like never went got the chance to 284 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 3: go to university or study further because of a part eight. 285 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 3: Her grandmother thinks started at like about fifty eight or 286 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 3: fifty nine. So her grandmother's one year ahead of her. 287 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 3: Then there's her, and she's got a younger sister in college, 288 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 3: she's got another sister like in the high school, and 289 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 3: then they've got like some little preschool child as well, 290 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 3: And so that will fundamentally change that entire family. And 291 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 3: what's exciting is, like what you're asking and what Marcus 292 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 3: has said is there are these critical scare skills that 293 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 3: employers struggle to find. You know, things are changing so 294 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 3: quickly in the world of AI, data science, cybersecurity, et cetera. 295 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 3: Every day it's changing every single day. You know, these 296 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 3: these tech giants globally are bringing out new new technologies, 297 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 3: et cetera. We in mn T, the Motion nextcept instead 298 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 3: of technology, will be at the cutting edge. So we'll 299 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 3: be working with employers and large global and local companies 300 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 3: on the latest latest technologies, so that any youngster that 301 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 3: you know comes and wants to pursue this life of 302 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 3: technology and being at the cutting edge, will get these 303 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 3: cutting edge skills and will then as a result, be 304 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 3: able to change their life, their families, life, their community, 305 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 3: et cetera. So there are many opportunities and companies are 306 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 3: struggling to find those skills. So we work with IBM, 307 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 3: for example, and they there's a whole lot of capabilities 308 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 3: they can't find in the country, so we've brought in 309 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 3: these skills for them. We're working with so many like Price, 310 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 3: with US Coopers, all these various other companies. The most 311 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 3: cutting edge skills that young people can really become at 312 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 3: the forefront of their game and fundamentally change their lives. 313 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 2: Marcus, I just want to come back to and just 314 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 2: kind of coming off the point that the doctor was 315 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 2: making about. You know, these are critical skills. Businesses are 316 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 2: looking for them on the cutting edge. A big part 317 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 2: of the institute's work is that not only do young 318 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 2: people get placement in pretty big companies, but also they 319 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 2: earn quite well. And we often hear about how these rare, 320 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 2: you know, digital technical skills. 321 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 1: Are sought after. 322 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 2: What kind of income earning do students coming through this 323 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 2: program could they be potentially looking at. 324 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, so we were quite amazed, especially on our after Cybersey, 325 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 4: And I'll use that as an example. Learners are running 326 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 4: between seventeen and twenty eight in their first year in 327 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 4: the in the space, and then as soon as that's 328 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 4: converted into a more permanent position, earning in the regions 329 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 4: of twenty twenty eight thousand and above, much. 330 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: More, much more than that, more much more. Yeah. 331 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 2: And I mean if we look at sort of the 332 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 2: average income in the country, I think at one point 333 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 2: was about three and a half thousand, So a students 334 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 2: coming through and even at that starting potentially like a 335 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 2: learnership rate, they're already sort of triple five times what 336 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 2: the average income is in the country. 337 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: It's exactly right. 338 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 3: My favorite thing is when a learner goes into a 339 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 3: job day one and they earn more than I do 340 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 3: as a CEO and I'm really happy, and that has 341 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 3: happened a lot, by the way. 342 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, and when. 343 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 3: Somebody's got a really great recombination of skills and they 344 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:44,479 Speaker 3: in a super demand opportunity the kind of income that 345 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 3: they can earn, and that's a life changer for the family. 346 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 3: But it's about income, and it's not only about income. 347 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 3: It's also about it's also about the values. We're teaching 348 00:18:54,600 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 3: these students to be leaders, ethical, the passion to care 349 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 3: for others, to make a difference to others. Each student 350 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 3: gets the opportunity to pay for another student once they working. Wow, 351 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 3: this student gets the opportunity to go do community service 352 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 3: and teach in their former high school. So you spoke 353 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 3: about that long chain. It's around creating this human chain 354 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 3: where all of us help each other to create the 355 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 3: society and country that we want. And it's I mean, 356 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 3: we're seeing that it's doable, you know. And as I 357 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 3: mentioned to you before, I mean we've now taken over 358 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 3: twenty five and a half thousand students through this process, 359 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 3: had a ninety five per cent job placement rate. We've 360 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 3: placed over twenty two and a half thousand of them 361 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 3: mento jobs, and that is billions and billions of rants 362 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 3: going back into the hands of families. It's if you 363 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 3: just take the starting salaries, that's two point two billion combined. 364 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 3: If you're projected over a lifetime career, it's well over 365 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 3: eighty two billion if those people never even get a 366 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 3: salary increase. So it is it's money that's being earned, 367 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 3: but by people's passion and their hard work and their brilliance, 368 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 3: rather than being sitting around in our communities and doing nothing. 369 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 2: We saved a what's that boys note that's come through 370 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,360 Speaker 2: on seventeen seven o two one seven o two. 371 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: Hi, Cooks. 372 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 5: I just wanted to know does the program also catered 373 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 5: to or it does have like part time option for 374 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 5: many people who are working, you know, then maybe home 375 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 5: might want to pivot or might want to learn right 376 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 5: about technology and the whole thing. So I just wanted 377 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 5: to know if do they have part time options maybe 378 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 5: you know, thank you, I. 379 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 2: Don't know which one of you. 380 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, at the moment, gooks, it is full time because 381 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 3: it's super intensive. In fact, it's ten hours a day. 382 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 3: Students come at eight in the morning, they leave at 383 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 3: six o'clock at night, and it's it's it's truly intensive 384 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 3: it's a bit like drinking from far hose because we 385 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 3: were working to get people really to the top level 386 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 3: of their game so that they can earn these great 387 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 3: salaries and can get excellent jobs, et cetera. So we 388 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 3: very open access, but it's full time. You've got to 389 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 3: put your heart and mind into it, and that's the 390 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 3: focus for now. 391 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 2: Has the Institute taken in its first intake. 392 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 4: So like I said, we've been running for the past 393 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 4: twenty the years, so it's been happening and going on 394 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 4: so m and it now is this moonshot opportunity with 395 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 4: the new space at fifty six Main Street, and it's 396 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 4: just going to be a continuation of what we've already 397 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 4: been doing. 398 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 2: Right and it is ten so it's a whole building 399 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 2: for the Institute, ten floors, ten floors just for tech 400 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 2: education into jobs, all this demand driven approach. 401 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 3: So it's going to be so exciting because you're just 402 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 3: going to walk through this building and will be just 403 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 3: the who's who of global technology and just many of 404 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 3: the most successful South African and international companies. 405 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 1: And then students coming in will have. 406 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 3: A choice and an opportunity to specialize in this kind 407 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 3: of field of that kind of field with access into 408 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:02,679 Speaker 3: a job straight afterwards. So our donor I think he 409 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 3: was interviewed earlier this week David David and Tracy Frankel. 410 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 3: So David's one of the top bench capitalists in the 411 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 3: whole world. There were seed funders into Uber and the 412 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 3: Amazon of South Korea, and I mean so many unicorns 413 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 3: that he's identified, etc. And this is exactly their passion 414 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 3: and why they've got involved, is that we could create 415 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 3: something major, not small scale, something ten stories high that 416 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 3: could get to one thousand to fifteen hundred young people 417 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 3: a year being trained. Open access, just as long as 418 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 3: people are prepared to work hard and put their hearts 419 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 3: and souls into it, open access so that they can 420 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 3: go into these most cutting edge fields and technology. 421 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, Marcus, you mentioned that you've known doctor B for 422 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:51,439 Speaker 2: a while twenty odd years you were a STUDENTLF. What 423 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 2: would you say has been the I guess the biggest 424 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 2: It sounds like the many benefits for students. What would 425 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 2: you say has been the biggest benefit for you? As 426 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 2: someone who came through this program and is now helping 427 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 2: other young people go through what sounds quite a transformative program. 428 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 4: I think just being given an opportunity. I think that's 429 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 4: what our youth need. Sitting at home feeling helpless and 430 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 4: not knowing what to do is always I mean, if 431 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:21,439 Speaker 4: I can use the word degrading and doesn't make you 432 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 4: feel good as a human being, and I mean appropriately 433 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 4: today being human right today, it means so much, and 434 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 4: it means so much for me being given that opportunity. 435 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,199 Speaker 4: I mean I was just left because I didn't have 436 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 4: funding to go to university after I finished my trick. 437 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 4: And being given that opportunity and not just the opportunity 438 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 4: googs the family orientated way in terms of how the 439 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 4: Mariushi Institute operates. People will see, hey, you're going through 440 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 4: a bad patch and just notice and come up to 441 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 4: you and hey, what's wrong? 442 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: Can I help you? 443 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 4: There's that support and like I said before, it's not 444 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 4: about just training the text. As a family, everybody comes 445 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 4: together and make sure everybody's taken care of in every 446 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 4: single way. 447 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: All right. 448 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 2: A question from Judy. She says, it sounds incredible. Is 449 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 2: it only open to underprivileged students? But I remember correctly 450 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 2: there is a big focus on underprivileged, poorer students because 451 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 2: they are the most vulnerable group in terms of unemployment 452 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 2: in our country. 453 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: Is that still the case? Yes? 454 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 3: So, so how it works, And it's quite funny because 455 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 3: I've got some various really wealthy friends and they say, 456 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 3: I want my child to go there. 457 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:30,959 Speaker 1: What can I do? 458 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 3: So, Well, if you give us all your money, then 459 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 3: your child will pass the means test and you can 460 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 3: get in. Otherwise you're going to fail the means test. 461 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 3: So we're basically testing that somebody is coming from a 462 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 3: more marginalized family and would not be able to get 463 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 3: this opportunity otherwise. However, like for example, we've trained many, 464 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 3: many thousands, over eighteen thousand employed people and companies, but 465 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,719 Speaker 3: then the companies will pay for that. And so if 466 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 3: some you can afford a program, then they could come 467 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 3: in and then they would pay for it. But the 468 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 3: birth shees and our main focus is to help those 469 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 3: otherwise wouldn't be able to access it. 470 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 2: Before we wrap up, a final voice note that's come 471 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 2: through on I seventeen seven two one seven two Morning googs. 472 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 6: Morning to the good doctor, Doctor Teddy Bletcher. Sure, I'm 473 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 6: listening to this interview and I am so inspired and uplifted, 474 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 6: and I've got a sense of nostalgia as well so 475 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 6: fun fact, maybe eighteen twenty years ago, I was starting 476 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 6: out as a public relations practitioner, still very junior and 477 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 6: doing a lot of writing, and I remember writing a 478 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 6: story about doctor Bleatcher. I think at that point in 479 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 6: time it was still called Cedar City Campus see id A, 480 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,199 Speaker 6: and just the amazing work that he was doing, the 481 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 6: transformational work that he was doing, so very heartwarming to 482 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 6: hear that nearly twenty years later, the good work is 483 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 6: still continuing. It's had the multiplier effect and the lives 484 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 6: that it's changed. May you forever be blessed, doctor ted Teddy, 485 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 6: and may the work continue. And how do we as 486 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 6: ordinary citizens besides the big corporates, how can an ordinary 487 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:34,159 Speaker 6: citizen who wants to pay it forward be part of 488 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 6: your program and your vision which is a phenomenal one. 489 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 6: By the way, thank you so much. This is Nangams 490 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 6: in Wendy Wood. 491 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 2: Nangam, so thank you so much for that voice. Note 492 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 2: doctor b Anyone who's kind of feeling inspired, can they 493 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 2: how do they help? If they can they help? How 494 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 2: can individuals assist? 495 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 3: Just firstly, Namams, thank you for your very very kind 496 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 3: message and calling. And that's amazing you wrote about it 497 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,400 Speaker 3: twenty years ago. Yeah, you know, we've got over three 498 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,479 Speaker 3: hundred passionate staff now. I think what's exciting about this 499 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,239 Speaker 3: work is to work every day with people that I 500 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 3: look up to so much, that inspire me so much. 501 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 3: You're so brave, courageous, spend their lives helping our youth 502 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,120 Speaker 3: of this country. I think we all so much love 503 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 3: what we do. You know that thing when you love 504 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 3: what you do, you never work a day in your life, 505 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 3: And that is really what it feels like. 506 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: That's so kind. 507 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 3: When somebody wants to help, there are so many ways. 508 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 3: So for example, we have a clothing library. So if 509 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 3: people have got nice smart clothes that students could then 510 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 3: wear to go for interviews for jobs, etc. Please donate 511 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 3: smart clothes to the institution. If you've got clothes you 512 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,880 Speaker 3: don't need. For example, if you would like to come 513 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,360 Speaker 3: and tutor or mentor or even come give like an 514 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 3: ad hoc lecture in your case in this field of PR, 515 00:27:55,640 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 3: you could come into a marketing class, etc. And be 516 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 3: able to give a class on PR and why you 517 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,479 Speaker 3: love it as a field, inspire students, etc. There are 518 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 3: many ways to get involved. People can sponsor a student, 519 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 3: people can help with sports, coaching, all kinds of things, 520 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 3: so just so grateful. If people do want to help, 521 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 3: please please do come. 522 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: We love it. 523 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 2: Great Doctor b Marcus, thank you so much for your 524 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 2: time this morning. A great pleasure having you on the show.