Annual Research on Socioeconomic Policy (RESEP) conference
The JET team Roelien Herholdt (JET Specialist Manager: Assessment), Zaahedah Vally (JET Researcher) and Daniel Mashilo (JET Senior Statistician) are in Stellenbosch at the RESEP Conference.
Welcome and opening by Servaas van der Berg (RESEP)
"Learning losses for the majority of the population is quite large, given the latest PIRLS results. These losses are carried throughout a child's schooling career. What can be done given the current fiscal squeeze and teacher capacity?
There is greater leniency in the promotion of learners with repetition rates having decreased, and more learners reaching matric between 2018 and 2020. It's been made easier for learners to pass matric, despite learning losses which has a direct impact on the labour market and tertiary education sector." - Opening address by Servaas van der Berg (RESEP).
RESEP keynote address by Abhijeet Singh (Stockholm School of Economics)
Study conducted on 4-10 year olds in Tamil Nadu state, India. A baseline study was conducted in June - August 2019, and follow-ups were conducted in December 2021 - May 2022.
Teacher demographics in SA - presentation by Martin Gustafsson
Roelien presents on the Marko-D Sepedi validation study
Roelien Herholdt, presented on the Marko-D Sepedi validation study at the RESEP conference. The Marko-D SA Sepedi -test is a diagnostic mathematics conceptual test for 4 to 8-year-olds. The Marko-D SA is available in English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, isiZulu, and isiXhosa, and soon in Sepedi. Read more on the Marko-D tests: https://www.jet.org.za/news/news/jet-and-funda-wande-makro-d-tests
Learn more: https://resep.sun.ac.za/conferences-workshops/