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Launch of Anglo American South Africa education programme

Anglo American, in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DBE), has launched a major new education programme to "improve outcomes for learners in 100 early childhood development (ECD) sites and 100 primary and secondary schools local to its mining operations in South Africa".

JET participates in UNESCO's Mobile Learning Week 2018

James Keevy will be representing JET at UNESCO’s flagship ICT in education conference organised in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and taking place from 26 to 30 March at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

Global inventory of regional and national qualifications frameworks 2017

JET contributed to a new publication from the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

DHET releases Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa: 2016

A statistical snapshot of the post-school landscape in South Africa in 2016.

JET's founder Mike Rosholt passed away

JET notes with great sadness the passing if its founding Chairman, Mike Rosholt

JET's response to the proposed National Skills Development Plan (NSDP) 2030

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).

Guidelines for the Quality Assurance of TVET Qualifications in the Asia-Pacific region

Written by Andrea Bateman and Mike Coles and published in 2017 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Diversifying the funding sources for TVET

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

Matric results 2017

Congratulations to the matriculants of 2017.

JET's latest publication: Exploring a Work-Based Values Approach in South African TVET Colleges to Improve Employability of Youth

PIRLS results shock, but not enough

The PIRLS 2016 scores released on 5 December 2017 are striking deep chords of disappointment in everyone involved in schooling in South Africa.

What lies behind SA's poor performance reported in the PIRLS 2016 International Results in Reading?

PIRLS 2016 and ePIRLS 2016 results released

Implementation Evaluaton of the National School Nutrition Programme published by the DPME

Now available in the DPME's Evaluation Repository

"Blended beyond borders” a report on the use of technology in schools in Brazil, Malaysia and South Africa

Technology has the potential to dramatically improve or positively disrupt the way students learn.

Report of the Commission on the Feasibility of Fee-Free Higher Education and Training (Heher Report) released.

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.

From the TIMSS SA Newsletter: Error analysis - a learning opportunity?

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.

Update on the Heher Commission on higher education fees

The Presidency has issued an update on the release of the Heher Commission

2017/8 Global Education Monitoring Report "Accountability in Education" out now

Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault, says UNESCO

World Teachers Day 5 October

Commemorating the signing of the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers.

JET achieves Investors in People accreditation

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.

The youth unemployment crisis

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's journey over the last 25 years: a video.

JET's Annual Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration

Dare 2 Dream ICT Centre for 3-16 Year Olds

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.

DEVELOPING NEW SKILLS FOR YOUTH IN SOUTH AFRICA: A new global initiative

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.

Eleanor Hazell, Executive Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation attended the 2017 African Evaluation Association Conference in Kampala, Uganda, March 27-31, 2017.

Interview with James Keevy on Radio Today: JET's contrbution to education over 25 years and now

Implementation Evaluation of the Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme

JET's report on the Implementation Evaluation of the Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme has been accepted by Cabinet.

Nick Taylor reports on the Mathematics Indaba, 12-14 December 2016:

"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.

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