NECT News

Closing the gap: driving education home
Debbie
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Aug 31, 2015

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.”

New leaf for Limpopo education
Debbie
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Aug 31, 2015

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.

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