SAMEA Blog: Conducting Online Focus Group Discussions During Health Crisis: Facilitator’s And Evaluator’s Reflections

A new SAMEA blog article titled: Conducting Online Focus Group Discussions During Health Crisis: Facilitator’s And Evaluator’s Reflections by JET's Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, Lesedi Matlala

Latest Journal Article: South African Journal of Childhood Education | Vol 11, No 1 2021

A new Journal article titled: The dream of Sisyphus: Mathematics education in South Africa by JET's Senior Research Fellow Dr Nick Taylor

JET and the merSETA invite well-experienced independent service providers to submit proposals in line with the Terms of Reference below.

International Day of Education - 24 January

Yesterday we celebrated International Day of Education

PSET CLOUD

The Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA) entered into an agreement with JET to fund a project called Post-School Education and Training Collaboration and Learning Opportunities and Utilisation of Data (PSET CLOUD). The current PSET system is characterised by fragmentation of data, duplication of resources and a lack of coherence of information leading to an ineffective system for planning and decision making with regard to future needs in skills development.

Anglo American South Africa Education Programme

The AASA Education Programme, an initiative of the Anglo American Sustainability Strategy, was launched in 2018. The programme focuses on early childhood learning and a whole school development (WSD) approach to facilitate a significant positive impact on the educational outcomes of children in at least 100 ECD sites, 70 primary schools and 30 secondary schools local to the Anglo American operations in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the Northern Cape.

The MRP Foundation Education Programme

The MRP Foundation Education Programme has been implemented since 2019 in 98 primary schools in KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Free State. The programme assists and supports the schools to improve their learner performance through a ‘holistic approach’ focusing on: School leadership and management improvement; Teacher knowledge and capacity development; Increased parent involvement; and Learner performance. The four components being implemented by JET are: Planning and Organisation; School Management; Teacher Development; and Parental Involvement.

African Continental Qualifications Framework

Skills and qualifications of the people in Africa are at the heart of African renaissance. Therefore, the African Continental Qualifications Framework (ACQF) is a vital policy of the African Union. Development of the ACQF is underway (2019-2022). The African Union Commission (AUC) is partnering with the European Union (EU), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the European Training Foundation (ETF), in developing the African Continental Qualifications Framework (ACQF), a key output of the “Skills for Youth Employability Project” (SYEP). JET Education Services (JET), was appointed to undertake the first part of the AQCF development process, namely the mapping study of qualifications frameworks in Africa aligned to the African Union’s (AU) Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want.

Grade R ECD Teacher Development Project

In an effort to address the poor outcomes of basic education in South Africa, the government has prioritised early childhood development (ECD) and education in the Foundation Phase, covering the age group 0 to 9 years. The focus of this project is Grade R, which, in line with government policy was introduced into Gauteng public ordinary schools and some community organisations that offer ECD.