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.
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".
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.
JET contributed to a new publication from the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)
A statistical snapshot of the post-school landscape in South Africa in 2016.
JET notes with great sadness the passing if its founding Chairman, Mike Rosholt
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).
Written by Andrea Bateman and Mike Coles and published in 2017 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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
Congratulations to the matriculants of 2017.
New JET Bulletin: Standardised learner assessments in "affordable" independent schools in South Africa.
