In December, the government called for comments on the proposed NSDP which was designed to respond to the policy goals of the White Paper on Post School Education and Training to improve the integration of the PSET system and the interface between PSET institutions and the world of work (NSDP, p. 4).
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Written by Andrea Bateman and Mike Coles and published in 2017 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC virtual conference 16 to 22 January 2017. Moderated by Christine Uhder Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET), France
Congratulations to the matriculants of 2017.
The PIRLS 2016 scores released on 5 December 2017 are striking deep chords of disappointment in everyone involved in schooling in South Africa.
Now available in the DPME's Evaluation Repository
President Jacob Zuma on Monday released the report, which recommends that the existing National Students' Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) model be replaced by a new Income Contingency Loan System.
Error analysis is a tool that can help us to understand learners' thinking when they answer questions and identify teaching strategies which can be used to improve their performance.
The Presidency has issued an update on the release of the Heher Commission
Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault, says UNESCO
The Theme of World Teachers' Day 2022 is “The transformation of education begins with teachers”. World Teachers' Day is commemorated annually on October 5th.
Commemorating the signing of the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers.
JET recently underwent an IiP assessment and is now an accredited IiP organisation. This means that JET has joined the ranks of “organisations that meet the world-recognised Investors in People Standard, reflecting the very best in people management excellence” Investors In People, Assessment report, JET Education Services.
JET attended and participated in the Centre for Development and Enterprise's event at which a new series of reports on South Africa's crisis of youth unemployment was launched.
JET is using the Global Giving platform to raise funds for building an ICT Centre in a farmhouse for people in the isolated rural community of Geluksburg in KwaZulu-Natal in support of the Dare to Dream (D2D) Programme, an integrated childhood to young adulthood educational programme.
An important initiative aimed at addressing and understanding the state of youth unemployment in South Africa was recently launched at Don Bosco Educational Centre in Ennerdale, Johannesburg.
JET's report on the Implementation Evaluation of the Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme has been accepted by Cabinet.
"Meaningful and Effective Mathematics Teaching and Learning: In Search of the ‘South African Pedagogical Identity". Led by the Ministry of Basic Education, nearly 100 maths educators from the Department of Basic Education, Provincial Education Departments, universities, NGOs and publishers gathered at Sol Plaatjie House for three days to discuss solutions to the problem of poor performance in mathematics in the school system. The Minister and Deputy Minister both attended throughout.
The JET offices will be closed from 22 December 2016 until 3 January 2017. We look forward to working with you in 2017 as we build on 25 years of “transformation through knowledge”.
An NGO steering committee is to be set up following recommendations from the NGO Leadership Summit. Dr James Keevy, CEO of JET is to lead the process.
Dr Whitty Green, Chief Director, Teaching and Learning Development, Department of Higher Education and Training, announces the appointment of JET as management body of a new multiyear DHET initiative to improve primary teacher education.