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Mr Preston Govindasamy, a Population Studies Masters student, has been awarded a scholarship from the HSRC, specifically in relation to the area of work he is covering for his Masters dissertation.
Preston is very excited to have received this award, and wishes thank Dr Daniela Casale for her support and academic guidance through his research process. She has been instrumental in guiding and facilitating his research in this particular field.
In May 2012 the Education and Skills Development Programme of the Human Science Research Council was commissioned by the Department of Higher education and Training to undertake research on Labour Markets and post-school training. Part of this undertaking was to provide financial support to post-graduate students who were conducting research in the fields of labour markets, education and skills. Preston's supervisor, Dr Daniela Casale nominated him as one of the students who are conducting research in the above mentioned fields and motivated him to apply.
His dissertation aims to investigate the relationship between computer literacy and earnings and determine if there is a significant economic premium for being computer literate in South Africa. His research is quantitative and is using the National Income Dynamics Survey (NIDS) 2008, wave 1 to for his analysis. His research is motivated by the idea that changing skills occupy a key role in proposed explanations of both economic growth and the changing distribution of wages in many developing countries where there is an increased demand and competition for individuals with higher skill levels. Raising the skills of national workforces through education and training has therefore become a core objective of economic policies aimed at developing national competitiveness.
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