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JET wins in Investors in People Awards 2018
"The Investors in People Awards recognises the people and teams that make the difference every day highlighting excellence from across the Investors in People global community".
Introducing eNGOS
An Association for NPOs in Education
SKILLS@WORK – THEORY AND PRACTICE JOURNAL (ISSN 1815-3666) VOLUME 9 Job creation and the stimulation of business FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS – Closing date 31 January 2019
The Regional Local Economic Development Initiative (RLEDI) of the Graduate School of Business and Leadership (GSB&L) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in collaboration with the Education KwaZulu-Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (KZN EDTEA), invites submission for Volume 9 of Skills@Work: Theory and Practice.
Digital Credentialing: Implications for the recognition of learning across borders.
Co-authored by Borhene Chakroun, Chief of Section of Youth, Literacy and Skills Development at UNESCO and James Keevy, CEO at JET Education Services.
World Teachers Day 2018
"Quality education requires well-trained teachers"
Conference on Quantitative Education Research, 6 - 7 September 2018, Stellenbosch
What messages about teacher professionalism are transmitted through South African pre-service teacher education programmes?
MIET releases Handbook for the provision of an integrated package of care and support: Care and Support for Teaching and Learning Programme
The CSTL Handbook is a simpler adaptation of the National Support Pack, and is intended to guide and strengthen the implementation of the Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) programme in schools, by providing information on the policies and principles underpinning the CSTL programme, as well as guidance on implementing the ten defined Priority Action Areas at school level.
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.
JET wins in Investors in People Awards 2018
Digital Credentialing: Implications for the recognition of learning across borders.