The Education and Skills Development KPA aims to facilitate and implement education opportunities to improve the quality of education attainment for the youth and also to facilitate and implement skills programmes. In facilitating and implementing education programmes, the NYDA will support 130 young people through the Solomon Mahlangu Scholarship programme in the 2013/14 financial year. Three thousand young people will be enrolled for the Matric-rewrite programme in 2013/14 and the number is set to increase to over 4,000 in 2015/16. The NYDA will continue supporting young people through career programmes and 700,000 young people will benefit from the programme in 2013/14.