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Career path development from an early age is an essential element of education and training, in any country and in any community.

Various professions require the early identification of students with the potential, disposition and/or aptitude for a specific career or career family.

In practice the standards of and outcomes of school level education and training fall short of that required by tertiary education and the professional workplace.

• The lack of experience and the inability to apply theory in practical problem solving situations have been identified as two critical failure factors in any given professional working environment.

• In most schools teachers are not trained and/or equipped to design and deliver a school level training programme that ensures that minimum standards for professional development are met.

• EduTraining standards vary from school to school and profession to profession. In the co-curricular learning environment there are also vary different standards and ethics.

Professional career path development at school level can only be achieved in a co-curricular learning environment, as it requires relevant input by qualified professionals:

1. Guidance in respect of minimum education and training requirements. Principles of future leadership development can only be provided by employers who adhere to a high level of Standards and Ethics.
2. Training programme content design.
3. Relevant, credible and authoritative assessment criteria
4. Moderation of research methods and development criteria
5. The recognition of credible and relevant awards for achievements

A framework for development is a critical success factor as far as identification of future professionals is concerned.

For this reason the NYDT created the New Frontiers Career Development Academy.

1. The principal objective is to establish emerging professionals living and learning in Africa, as competitive in Global context. To achieve this,
2. only (i) methods and process [formal and informal], (ii) content (iii) principles and procedures of internationally accepted assessment and moderation, that are regulated by a Standards and Ethics Commission, will be applicable.
3. Interdisciplinary cooperation by all stakeholders and role-players in youth development [educational institutions, the corporate sector and Government], to establish and sustain an environment where (i) individual students, (ii) school educators [teachers] and (iii) teaching communities per se manage and sustain career path development through joint and mutually supporting actions and initiatives, is a critical success factor.  
4. No person who wishes to learn and or teach may be excluded form the learning community, but objective and fair criteria will be applied to identify, verify and recognize achievements.
5. The allocation of awards for achievement must be authoritative and credible in accordance with objective, internationally accepted standards and ethical principles.