Education Researchers Respond to The COVID-19 Pandemic. The main purpose of this research project is to allow praxis to inform policy by outlining the courses of action that institutions are implementing in South Africa. While it is understood that the reality of each institution is unique, it is hoped that this project will highlight issues of governance and management during these times as we all continue to learn while the COVID-19 situation unfolds.
Injini commissioned JET Education Services to conduct an external evaluation of the Injini Africa’s EdTech Incubator programme. The goal of Injini is to improve education outcomes across Africa through supporting EdTech entrepreneurs with solutions that are evidenced-based, effective and scalable, and can address challenges of access and quality. This report presents the results of the external evaluation of Injini Africa’s EdTech Incubator programme, which was conducted from January to March 2019.
The study uses two frameworks to analyse the responses of a limited number of African and non-African countries, focusing on a few themes and lessons that may assist African governments. It develops a Government Counter COVID Intervention Framework and refers to the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker.
Education Researchers Respond to The COVID-19 Pandemic. The aim of analysis in this report is to develop a framework that helps to understand how governments have been responding to the COVID-19 attack on human societies. In the wake of the attack, government responses have become referred to as ‘lockdown’ strategies. A means of describing the intention of these lockdown strategies is through identifying what functions governments have been obliged to mobilise to meet the needs emerging from the COVID-19 attack on the health of citizens. The severity of the COVID-19 attack on health and government responses have impacted on almost all facets of the daily lives of citizens: in particular work, education, recreation and freedom of association.
In this paper we examine the effects of school closures amidst the pandemic, the effectiveness of remote learning and the possibility of remaking schooling in the South African context.
Report published by the international Labour Organization
Researchers Bootcamp Theme 1: To study the home educational experiences of families during the lockdown in South Africa precipitated by the onset of COVID-19.
Education Researchers Respond to The COVID-19 Pandemic The main purpose of Theme 1 was to study the home educational experiences of families during the lockdown in South Africa precipitated by the onset of COVID-19. A subsidiary purpose was to provide young researchers with experience in conducting a qualitative investigation and to develop their skills in the relevant techniques.
The purpose is to consider the impact of the the COVID-19 pandemic on Teaching Practice arrangements for pre-service teachers
Teacher choices in action: An enriching supplementary module for ‘Teaching Practice’ in 2020 and beyond
A group of teacher educators, drawn from a range of HEIs, have formulated a practice-focused module that can be used towards a partial fulfilment of Teaching Practice requirements. The module, called “Teacher Choices in Action” draws attention to an essential but often ignored dimension of student learning during their school-based placements. The module presents to students sets of choices that teachers need to make in every lesson they design and teach. These choices revolve around how teachers conceptualise and work with knowledge, how teachers work inclusively with learners and how teachers support learner engagement with the content.
To make the case for introducing innovative finance mechanisms to support and fund the education sector during this crisis, and beyond.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgency for the development and use of innovative finance mechanisms to support the education sector. Innovative financing is an “approach to funding organisations, businesses and projects that optimises positive social, environmental and financial impact”
Education Researchers Respond to The COVID-19 Pandemic. The main purpose of the research was to investigate how NPOs in education, as a valuable stakeholder group in the education ecosystem, were responding to the worldwide COVID-19 crisis, with an emphasis on those operating in South Africa. A secondary purpose was to make recommendations for long term changes essential for the future sustainability of NPOs.
To investigate how education non-profit organisations (NPOs), particularly but not only in South Africa, are responding to the COVID-19 crisis.
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.
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.
"Kelly Shiohira, Gill Scott, James Keevy, Tadiwanashe Murahwi, with support from Tolika Sibiya and Teboho Makhoabenyane, from JET Education Services, a UNEVOC Centre based in South Africa, prepared the compendium of initiatives based on a selection of initiatives received as applicants to Mobile Learning Week (MLW) 2020".
SADC Researchers Challenges THEME 6: Curbing the spread of fake news in Southern Africa - what we can and cannot do: Final report
A review of the state of readiness of the post-school education and training sector in South Africa for enhanced data interoperability.
A Comparative case study report by Ehren, M.C.M., Paterson, A. and Baxter, J.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) to conduct a longitudinal developmental evaluation of the National Digital Ecosystem for Post -School Education and Training Programme. JET and the merSETA invite well-experienced independent service providers to submit proposals in line with the Terms of Reference below.
The Trialogue Business in Society Handbook 2020 (23rd edition) looks at the effect of the pandemic and examines what the private sector and civil society are doing to augment the public sector’s response.
Making progress possible: Improving the quality of education for vulnerable children everywhere
JET Education Services (JET) and the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA), have initiated a collaborative programme titled Post School Education and Training Collaboration and Learning Opportunities and Utilisation of Data (PSET CLOUD).
Results of a joint international survey June to August 2020
Education Researchers Respond to The COVID-19 Pandemic. The primary purpose of Theme 6 (Fake news impacting school-age children [or targeting school-age children]: impacts on behaviour, risk, anxiety, and how to ameliorate) was to investigate high school learners’ awareness of fake or false news during the COVID-19 lockdown period in South Africa. A secondary purpose was to examine the types of fake news that exist and how each of these variously impacts on society. We also look at the skills needed in order to distinguish false news from real news. This document is a work in progress, and we hope that other contributions and further research will be undertaken in this field.
On 5 November 2020, JET Education Services (JET) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) co-hosted a seminar to explore the potential which the PISA for Schools project (OECD, 2020a) may hold for South Africa. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a programme of the OECD, is an internationally-benchmarked assessment which measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. While PISA allows countries to measure the performance of a representative sample of schools against objective benchmarks and against those of other participating countries, PISA for Schools (PFS) enables individual schools to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their students in these subjects.
Artificial intelligence has produced new teaching and learning solutions that are now undergoing testing in different contexts. In addition to its impact on the education sector, AI is substantially altering labour markets, industrial services, agriculture processes, value chains and the organization of workplaces in particular. Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) contributes to sustainable development by fostering employment, decent work and lifelong learning. However, the effectiveness of a TVET system depends on its links and relevance to the labour market. As one of the major drivers of change, there is a need to better understand the impact of AI on labour markets, and consequently on TVET systems. In certain middle- and higher-income societies, artificial intelligence is already deeply immersed in legislation and governance, policy, state expenditure, the private sector and national economies. In these cases, TVET institutions are presiding over the ‘hollowing out’ of intermediate level skills and the direct integration of AI into education and training. Contrastingly, many TVET institutions have yet to form meaningful or robust responses to technological shifts. Regardless of context, all TVET institutions should develop an understanding of the current and future importance of AI and begin to incorporate its use into their planning. Forward thinking and, where possible, pre-emptive action, will put TVET institutions and their graduates in a position to thrive in the era of AI and contribute positively to economic, social, and individual development.
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.
Welcome to the 7th edition of the National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends report. Published every four years since 1997, Global Trends assesses the key trends and uncertainties that will shape the strategic environment during the next two decades.
South Africa report on COVID-19’s impact on education offers key lessons. The Commonwealth Secretariat partnered with JET Education Services on the Commonwealth #ResearchersinPursuit Bootcamp. Findings and recommendations from the study have been published in a compendium report highlighting challenges such as gaps in early childhood development services, and disparities in digital literacy and access to internet and internet-enabled devices, which are key considerations in lockdown learning.
Reos Partners, in partnership with JET Education Services and the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA), have published a guide on scenarios to align skills supply and demand through interoperable data platforms. The four scenarios offer alternative possible trajectories into the future as a provocation, inviting you to expand your ideas about how the current situation might evolve. We hope that doing so will help you discern what you may need to anticipate.
Research Report Theme 8: Governance & Management in Higher Education
