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15 November 2021 to 19 November 2021
Field Visit to the Northern Cape: (15-19 November)

This will be the first field trip to the project since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
Test of Basic Concepts Knowledge (TBCK)
BCP learners are found to be more than twice as likely to be school prepared compared to learners who have not been exposed to the programme.
Is South Africa losing human potential because of cognitive stunting of children?

Click on the link below for an interview with Dr. Louis Benjamin on Cape Talk.
Each child who has not been given the opportunity to be challenged to extend him/herself beyond the here and now...
Position Refresher

Training Session 7 & 8: POSITION

Training Session 5 & 6: SIZE

The third set of six training sessions was successfully implemented using a live, virtual training method.
Individual Teacher Interviews: JTG and PKS

Individual telephone calls were made to project teachers between mid-May and mid-June.

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Now I can help the learners from our poorer areas to verbalize for themselves…  they are becoming more confident and starting to love their educational journey.

Metro Central (2013); Training

I learned a new language to use with my learners.

Metro Central: Training, October 2014

We were taught the theory as well as the practice.  I now feel confident to start to implement the programme with my class and even with my nieces and nephews.

Mitchell's Plain Primary School, November 2015

It helps learners to think and forms (the) foundation for reading, writing and mathematics.

Metro South Education District: Training (January, 2013)

For me the most effective aspect was the basic teaching model.  When I implemented the model I found that my learners were more focussed when I followed the steps of the model.

Ikwezi: Schools Development Unit, July 2014

The training was very effective and informative … and gave us insight into how to teach and develop language. I wish there could be more of such training to develop ourselves further.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (February, 2014)