NECT News

31 August 2015
Planning with a vision: the NDP and education

Chapter 9 of the National Development Plan (NDP) outlines educational objectives that must be achieved by 2030 if South Africa […]

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31 August 2015
Closing the gap: driving education home

In the last 20 years huge strides have been made to uplift and empower women. Minister of Basic Education, Angie […]

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17 July 2015
NECT project takes off in Mpumalanga

Parental involvement is one of the most important contributors to learner performance. The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) has commenced […]

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17 July 2015
Eastern Cape Schools embrace e-learning

Eastern Cape Schools who have been exposed to telematics might be the case study that proves ICT is the way […]

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17 July 2015
Learners, parents and the community promote reading on Mandela Day

The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) calls on parents and children from all walks of life to read together in […]

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17 July 2015
Ground-breaking seminar heralds promise of education reform

A move towards the professionalisation of teaching is a bold step in the right direction, and could unlock change in […]

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17 July 2015
NECT building the foundation for quality education in North West

Setting ground for delivery of quality education in public schools means resolving pertinent issues such as schools’ administration processes, poor […]

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1 July 2015
Read with me, for Mandela 2015

The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), the Limpopo Department of Education and the Mookgophong Local Municipality would like to invite […]

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18 June 2015
Teacher unions, universities, government and civil society meet on teacher professionalism

Education experts and practitioners representing government, labour and civil society attended a seminar on professionalism at the South African Council […]

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11 June 2015
Respect the class of ‘76

The first leg of the NECT’s poster campaign in schools is devoted to respect, quite apt considering South Africans will […]

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11 June 2015
What our youth say

As Youth Day approaches, we are striving to create an enabling environment for South Africa’s youth – where they have […]

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11 June 2015
A case for courageous leadership – written by Godwin Khosa, CEO of the NECT

“I have learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it” – Nelson Mandela It […]

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30 April 2015
ICT will come to the rescue of education – but it’s not a quick fix

The DBE cannot roll out effective ICT interventions in schools overnight, or on its own. But there is a plan. […]

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20 April 2015
Third Education DialogueSA debates literacy and solutions for SA’s poorest performing schools

The National Education Collaboration Trust’s March dialogue provoked intense debate about the most productive interventions to transform education The National […]

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20 April 2015
The NECT reports back on 2014 Education Dialogues to Cabinet

The Education DialogueSA of 2014 came up with several concrete proposals to upgrade basic education – and they are seeking […]

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16 March 2015
Press Release from the NECT in respect to Sizwe Nxasana’s retirement as CEO of First Rand Ltd

The announcement of Sizwe Nxasana’s retirement from the CEO position of First Rand bodes well for the National Education Collaboration […]

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5 March 2015
Public/private partnerships and literacy on the agenda for the NECT dialogue

Education stakeholders to discuss innovative proposals for education reform. The National Education Collaboration Trust (the NECT) in collaboration with the […]

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30 January 2015
A long road ahead, but the flame has been lit

There is light at the end of the education tunnel, if what the NECT has achieved since its inception in […]

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19 January 2015
Thembisile Nwendamutswu’s legacy lives on through NECT initiates

The sad passing of Thembisile Nwendamutswu, Limpopo MEC of Education, is not only a great loss for her family, friends […]

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9 October 2014
Why business, large and small, should be pledging funding to the NECT

What’s been dubbed ‘SA’s educational Codesa’ involves all stakeholders, each with their own particular contribution to offer in creating quality […]

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