A Life Orientation reader providing curriculum support to Grade Nine learners and their teachers on vital issues, The All Stars: Every Step Counts, is the latest addition to SAICA’s proactive engagement in support of government’s NDP goals.
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) are working together to improve learning outcomes in the Bohlabela district of the Mpumalanga province through focused school monitoring visits, teaching tools and ongoing support for teachers. The aim is to improve learning outcomes by ensuring a full curriculum coverage in the 2016 academic year.
Throughout 2015 and into 2016, the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and other education stakeholders continued its work in the Vhembe and Waterberg districts schools, for improved education outcomes.
The North West province exceeded the national average matriculation pass rate of 70.7%, with 27 118 of 33 286 North West matriculants (81.5%) passing the 2015 end of year national examinations. This places the province in 4th place in the 2015 matric pass rates results.
In partnership with Department of Basic Education (DBE), the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) is implementing a number of intervention programmes in the Libode and Mt Frere districts of the Eastern Cape province, the programmes are specifically designed to address challenges faced by poor performing schools, including curriculum coverage and learner welfare.
The Amaphuthu High School, one of the schools in the National Education Collaboration Trust’s (NECT) Fresh Start Schools (FSS) initiative in the uThungulu district, in the Nkandla region of the KwaZulu-Natal province, managed to improve its pass rate from 18% in 2014 to 34% in 2015.
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