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11 November 2025 to 12 November 2025

The principal and management team at Edendale Primary have found that language development is a key challenge for learners at their school and recognised the significant impact the
15 September 2025 to 16 September 2025
First Training & Support Sessions 
Supporting Teachers :: Strengthening Thinking
At the Basic Concepts Foundation, we're working with schools in local communities
We are thrilled to officially launch the Kwena Basin Extension Project
The Basic Concepts Programme continues to grow in reach and impact across the Western Cape and Gauteng.
The BCP is not only CAPS-aligned — it makes the curriculum teachable, learnable, and meaningful.
Prof. Robert L. Burden helped shape the global conversation on cognitive education. His legacy lives on in the Basic Concepts Programme.
The Basic Concepts Programme is more than just a teaching tool — it’s a research-based, context-aware pedagogical intervention.
The Basic Concepts Programme is designed to support learners by building strong cognitive foundations

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Basic Concepts are the building blocks on which cognition and perception is built.

Metro Central Training: WCED (February, 2015)

‘It was one of the best training sessions that Metro North has presented….’ (Metro North, 2009)

Teacher Feedback

The BCP is about the way we talk to the children in class and how we give lessons in class. How we should introduce a topic to the children and mediate with them.

Northern Cape Project (Phase 2, 2020-2021): Training Feedback

The workshop was very educative and an eye-opener. These are things that we usually just take for-granted.

Kwena Basic Education Trust

Before the workshop I thought (that) I knew how to teach or introduce my lessons, but now I know that I was not doing justice to my learners. I took them for granted ... as if (they would) very easily understand my instructions.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (January, 2013)

I am blown away!!! This is most definitely the most useful course that I have ever attended.

Overberg District, Western Cape Department of Education (February, 2019)