Phase I Cohort: Youth with low grades from national examinations or drop outs
In any Country, there will be 18-26 year-olds that may have failed in the national examinations and could be from poor backgrounds noting challenges in learning in Africa.
So, having failed the examinations means the end of any hopes of getting further education and ultimate employment. They will next seek small menial jobs that are belittling and earn very little (if any).
Some may become married at early age hence becoming parents with little to sustain the families. This again triggers new problems as aggressive and dare-devil lot may end up in drugs, alcohol or could even join criminal gangs.
However, a keener look, will reveal that they have other potentials (talent or giftedness) that cannot be unearthed by the traditional education systems including usual national examinations.
It is this group that we are keen to start with by first doing professional assessment of their innate talents, then putting them on Talent Based Learning that will be in their “natural creation ability” and hence engage them by providing new pathways to learning without requirement of grades.
As a matter of fact, in Talent Based Learning, Member Universities to World Talent Federation use the Talent Reports and Prescriptions as the basis for admission. This will give a new lease of hope to this cohort as they can be sure of continuing learning to degree level, using their talents, and not grades!
More importantly, they may not be required to travel out of their countries , as the university will send experts who will work with trained local educators and mentors to support them.
Finally, from this Talent Based Learning, some of them may exceed expectations, due to inherent talent and albeit the fact that they got very low grades in past national examinations or none at all (i.e. dropped out).
If that happens, Ivy League Member Universities(like Harvard University) may trigger scholarship for them to travel and receive further specialized training and mentorship overseas and at no cost! That should be a celebration in that Country.
