AdvancedSoftware trackZA-CP-42

Multilingual Government Service Chatbot (isiZulu / English / Afrikaans)

Internship role: NLP Research Intern. A retrieval-grounded assistant for a municipal service that answers in three languages, with a test set per language reporting accuracy and refusal quality.

10 Guided Steps240h Internship TierSubmit: GitHub repo or evidence pack + live demo / report + README + milestone logbookVerified CertificateAI Rubric Graded

Program Overview

Internship role: NLP Research Intern. A retrieval-grounded assistant for a municipal service that answers in three languages, with a test set per language reporting accuracy and refusal quality.

What you submit

GitHub repo or evidence pack + live demo / report + README + milestone logbook

Stack: Python, open African-language models, retrieval, evaluation

How it is graded

Signals: Milestone gates met; measurable result reported; documentation; deployment or evidence reachable; reflective log

Functionality & requirements30
Technical quality & architecture25
Documentation15
Deployment & evidence15
Innovation10
Presentation5

Pass 60% · Merit 75% · Distinction 90%

Learning Outcomes

240-hour South Africa programme. Eleven official languages make multilingual service delivery a constitutional and practical priority.

Target Audience

Engineering Students

Diploma, B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, or M.Tech students seeking practical experience.

Aspiring Developers

Developers who want to build proof-of-work capstone projects for tech resumes.

Job Seekers

Graduates looking for AI-evaluated code review & verified industry credentials.