Teachers deserve to be recognised for the important role they play in building societies. Through our several teacher development projects, from research to developing teaching standards and materials, to supporting teacher training activities, JET is committed to contributing to the building of a well-trained, professional teaching force at all levels of the education system. See UNESCO’s World Teachers’ Day activities
JET work in teacher development includes:
Teacher Internship Collaboration South Africa (TICZA) emerged in 2020 as an innovative vehicle that brings together government, academia, the private sector and implementers in order to drive innovation and continuous improvement in the delivery of teacher internship programmes. The collaborative project, which is being managed by JET, aims to demonstrate teacher internships as an alternative pathway of Initial Teacher Education.