Press release [11 March 2016] - In 25 years of working in the Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) space in South Africa, respected NGO activist, Prof John Volmink had never been invited to an Education NGO Leadership Summit, until this week.
The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) congratulates the recipients of the 2016 National Teaching Awards. We salute all South Africa’s teachers who remain dedicated year-round to making a difference in their schools and communities.
Collaboration with Sishen Iron Ore Company (SIOC), a subsidiary of Kumba Iron Ore, to deliver tangible benefits for 21 schools
Transforming education through the Learning programmes for sustainable improvements in schools.
The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) congratulates the Minister of Basic Education, the department and successful learners in the 2015 senior certificate examinations.
BIRCHWOOD HOTEL, BENONI, GAUTENG, 9 DECEMBER 2015 CONVENED BY THE NATIONAL EDUCATION COLLABORATION TRUST (NECT)
The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) will host a school safety summit in Johannesburg on 9 December, 2015.
MEC of Basic Education in Limpopo, Hon. Maaria Ishmael Kgetjepe, and the District Steering Committee Chairperson of the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), John Dombo will officially launch an education transformation programme of the NECT in Limpopo.
The NECT is excited to be working with the DBE and other key stakeholders on a programme designed to care for, and support, our teachers beyond World Teachers’ Day.
To ensure sustainability and progress in improving education delivery, the NECT conducts regular monitoring visits in rural schools, engages with parents, encourages collaboration to improve educational outcomes and gives schools a fresh start through the Fresh Start Schools Programme (FSSP)
The National Education Collaboration Trust’s (NECT) interventions have taken the Eastern Cape by storm – focussing on everything from exam readiness to high-tech education interventions with a view to elevate a province in need of better results.
As part of an on-going effort to cultivate a nation of readers, the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) is donating books to schools in Limpopo, helping learners improve their reading and writing skills and ultimately their overall performance in school. The NECT is also improving educational outcomes by deploying change agents and school administration interns to schools targeted for intervention.
The NECT launches training workshops aimed at creating professional teachers through improved curriculum coverage plans, subject content, pedagogy and classroom practice.
Chapter 9 of the National Development Plan (NDP) outlines educational objectives that must be achieved by 2030 if South Africa is to succeed as a nation.
In the last 20 years huge strides have been made to uplift and empower women. Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga said in her International Women’s Day speech earlier this year: “Indeed, South Africa has received international recognition for these efforts and is currently ranked 16th in the world by the Global Gender Gap Index – a framework used by the World Economic Forum to capture the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities among countries in the areas of economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment.”
As part of their education revolution, the NECT is creating a nation of readers – one book at a time.
The NECT programme in Limpopo is based on an understanding that the drive for change begins by ensuring that every person involved in teaching and learning must believe and understand that all learners have the potential to succeed, regardless of their circumstances.
The recent placement of District Communication Representatives will advance the NECT’s efforts to effectively communicate to stakeholders at a regional level.
Parental involvement is one of the most important contributors to learner performance.
Eastern Cape Schools who have been exposed to telematics might be the case study that proves ICT is the way of the future
Setting ground for delivery of quality education in public schools means resolving pertinent issues such as schools' administration processes, poor infrastructure, and teacher shortages and under performance.
A move towards the professionalisation of teaching is a bold step in the right direction, and could unlock change in the education sector.
The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) calls on parents and children from all walks of life to read together in honour of Mandela. Nelson Mandela engenders all those characteristics that define an agent of positive societal change. We therefore call on the nation to pick a book and help children start the journey of reading.
Education experts and practitioners representing government, labour and civil society attended a seminar on professionalism at the South African Council of Education (SACE) in Centurion on 18 June 2015.
There is a new revolution in South Africa: fixing education. The NECT is actively involving today’s youth in this revolution.
The first leg of the NECT’s poster campaign in schools is devoted to respect, quite apt considering South Africans will be commemorating Youth Month in June
“I have learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it” – Nelson Mandela
As Youth Day approaches, we are striving to create an enabling environment for South Africa’s youth – where they have the benefit of well-functioning schools. This will ensure that they are able to benefit from an education, and from an education system, that was denied to the youth of 1976.
The DBE cannot roll out effective ICT interventions in schools overnight, or on its own. But there is a plan.
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