Important Update!
Welcome all to the EC Council group.
We have decided to approve all requests for all our groups.
Please note that the only programs that have been built are the AZ900 and Microsoft AI Fluency.
We have decided to save time and work efficiently with our Learning Platform and only reserve our Program section (www.ydpsa.com/programs) for our upcoming sponsorships for training sessions pertaining only to:
AZ500
DP900
AI900
MS900
AI102
SC900
DP100
Link to programs: https://www.ydpsa.com/programs
Reminder: AZ900 & AI Fluency have ready-made programs. We used these two programs to master our craft with our programs and to see what works vs what doesn’t work.
We will, however, launch a program for SC300 and possibly AZ500 within the next two weeks.
How to claim exam vouchers: Please review the instructions listed in the AZ900 Learning Portal posted August 15 for complete details on how to claim your Exam Voucher from the Microsoft Partner company Yes4Youth, whose services we extend.
Membership Update: Please be advised that access to our Membership is R100 for Fundamental courses and R150 for the Associate courses. Benefits are listed on our 'Membership & Specials' page.
We are partnering with local Universities as a Short Course Program Training Provider for Microsoft, Cisco (coming soon), EC-Council (2026), and AWS (Coming Soon).
Our aim is to provide our members access to sponsored training and, ultimately, Job Placement Programs. The sooner you attain your membership, the sooner you can be listed in our sponsorships with MICSETA and local universities, as we have recently done with Mangosuthu University of Technology, which will sponsor members in AZ900 and more. Our strategy will ensure we partner with at least one major university in each province to provide members from all provinces with access to physical computers and laptops should they not have their own, for our Hybrid (E-learning & physical) learning system.
MICSETA, which funds such short courses, learnerships, and internships, will revert to us in early October regarding our first sponsored candidates. The target is 20–40 per program, e.g., AZ900, AZ500, DP100, etc.
Additional resources:
Microsoft Guideline: https://www.ydpsa.com/_files/ugd/23d135_0ed5d9168bcd43b097ca097d666e770a.pdf
EC Council Guideline: https://www.ydpsa.com/_files/ugd/23d135_3dcc884c7c6b4c549788a2023a99169b.pdf?index=true
Links are also found on the Community Page.
Kindly note: Our email servers for info@ydpsa.com & sales@ydpsa.com are currently down for maintenance from 10:00 AM. We can send emails but are experiencing issues receiving them. Please contact us here in the groups while we resolve the issue.
We expect the servers to be back online in less than 24 hours.