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"

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.

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 .

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".