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PrimTEd Newsletter 4
Latest newsletter from the Primary Teacher Education Project.
A visit from Prof Chabani Manganyi, JET's first CEO
On Wednesday 5 June 2018, JET was honoured with a visit from Prof Chabani Manganyi, our first CEO. Prof Manganyi reminisced about the founding of the Joint Education Trust and acknowledged JET for the good work it has been doing in the education sector over a very long time.
Roelien Herholdt awarded Chancellor's Medal
Congratulations to Roelien Herholdt, manager of our Assessment Unit who was awarded the University of Johannesburg's Chancellor's Medal for her Master's dissertation.
UNESCO-UNEVOC Forum on ‘Managing skills in a time of disruption’.
From May 24 to 25, UNESCO-UNEVOC held a Global TVET Learning Forum on ‘Managing skills in a time of disruption’.
New JET Bulletin: Standardised learner assessments in "affordable" independent schools in South Africa.
In recognition of the increase in the numbers of affordable independent schools in South Africa, JET has been assisting four school operators and Old Mutual Alternative Investments’ Schools Fund to use standardised assessments to improve educational quality and accountability in their schools.
National Evaluation Plan: Implementation of the National Curriculum Statement Grade R to 12 focusing on the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS)
JET's evaluation conducted for the DPME is available on the DPME's web site .
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
PrimTEd Newsletter 4
A visit from Prof Chabani Manganyi, JET's first CEO
Roelien Herholdt awarded Chancellor's Medal