Given the socio-economic context, how effective is the South African education system in maintaining teaching and learning, and how can civil society help? 150 researchers under 12 themes, got together remotely to confront the barriers to learning in a pandemic.
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The Jala Peo (“Plant the Seed”) Initiative is a vehicle for the promotion of nutrition education and school food and nutrition gardens active in 67 schools across three Provinces: the Free State, Limpopo and the Western Cape. The Initiative seeks to make sure every school has a thriving school food and nutrition garden and that all learners in South Africa understand how to produce and consume nutritious food. To do this, the Initiative has created Forums – multistakeholder partnerships of government departments, private sector, academia and NGOs to increase and direct investment and resources towards more effective agriculture and nutrition education.
Given the socio-economic context, how effective is the South African education system in maintaining teaching and learning, and how can civil society help? 150 researchers under 12 themes, got together remotely to confront the barriers to learning in a pandemic.
A study by JET Education Services, led by Dr Nick Taylor has detailed how learners from affluent schools continued to receive core education during the lockdown while their poor counterparts faced the risk of being left behind.
Given the socio-economic context, how effective is the South African education system in maintaining teaching and learning, and how can civil society help? 150 researchers under 12 themes, got together remotely to confront the barriers to learning in a pandemic.
Given the socio-economic context, how effective is the South African education system in maintaining teaching and learning, and how can civil society help? 150 researchers under 12 themes, got together remotely to confront the barriers to learning in a pandemic.
Given the socio-economic context, how effective is the South African education system in maintaining teaching and learning, and how can civil society help? 150 researchers under 12 themes, got together remotely to confront the barriers to learning in a pandemic.
Freedom in education at this time in the history of our young democracy: Inequality remains pervasive in the South African education system. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only shown the fault lines, but is deepening them at an alarming rate, and in a manner that may take many more years to undo. In this contribution, based on the emerging findings from our Research Bootcamp, we talk to the need to provide basic rights, as set out in the Freedom Charter, such as health, safety and nutrition, while we cast the net wider to consider aspects of data privacy, online learning and governance.
A piece on freedom in education at this time in the history of our young democracy, drawing on the emerging insights from the research bootcamp currently underway on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in South Africa.
Researchers Bootcamp Theme 1 report is now available: A qualitative piece on the different experiences of individuals during this lockdown, particularly with regards to education.
The JET Researchers Bootcamp Research Thematic area 5 unlocks opportunity and mindset during the lockdown. They have compiled a list of teaching and learning materials currently available for teachers, learners, parents and caregivers in South Africa for use during and after the COVID-19 lockdown.
Peer reviewers part of JET Education Services Researchers Bootcamp #OpenupYourThinking
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Contributing to national principles for collaboration to be followed during the COVID-19 pandemic.