Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault, says UNESCO
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Commemorating the signing of the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers.
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.
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.
The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) aims to improve the health and nutritional status of the poorest learners in South Africa. Its main objective is to enhance learning by providing a nutritious meal on time daily. The programme is of great strategic importance: it involves a large financial commitment from government (R5.3 billion), and reaches over 9 million learners. Given this, an implementation evaluation was commissioned by the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and was conducted by JET Education Services.
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.
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.
JET's report on the Implementation Evaluation of the Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme has been accepted by Cabinet.