Discretionary Grant means funding allocated to incentivise or support education, training and skills development and related activities that will address skills development needs of the merSETA sector.
The allocation of funds is intended for programmes and projects that improve the supply of qualified and competent people for scarce and critical skills and enterprise development. Finally, it is intended to provide external mentoring support and training for business owners and learners.
MICT SETA has been mandated, as per the amended Skills Development Act 37 of 2008, to allocate grants in the prescribed manner for skills development opportunities for all the South Africans who meet the below criteria.
Therefore, only MICT SETA Levy paying entities and non-levying entities, whose core business resides within the MICT sub-sectors with the requisite capacity and legal good standing, may apply for MICT SETA funded interventions.
Given the special nature of skills development broadly and with regard to SETAs specifically, the MICT SETA’s discretionary funding is applicable, in the main, to: