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What an ECD programme must have to be successful?
Don't just take our word for it! Hear what the experts have to say about our Basic Concepts Programme.
Expand your horizons of teaching and learning
Getting to know who we are and what we do.
Revitalizing Education, One Teacher at a Time: The Basic Concepts Programme
Here are some of the statistics that we have accumulated over our 20 years in operation. We are proud of them and we can't wait to see the BCP in every Grade R class in South Africa!
The Basic Concepts Programme focuses on developing language and critical thinking skills in children, helping them become more effective problem-solvers and decision-makers.

Louis Benjamin (University of the Western Cape, 2001) received a Sylff Project Grant (SPG) to disseminate the Basic Concepts Program in Northern Cape Province, one of the poorest regions of South A
Unleashing the Power of the Mind
Cognitive education is making waves in South Africa

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Thank you for introducing me to this "life skill". It is wonderful that there is also an online, interactive, support system with resources available. 

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (October, 2015)

It made me rethink how I teach and how I can change the language I use.

Christel House Training, July 2014

The BCP focuses on the learner… where the teacher acts as a mediator, prompts to access logical thinking and develops language.

Metro Central: Training, October 2014

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

I am really glad I made an effort to attend: Fantastic, enlightening, empowering.

Metro Central Education District, March 2014
Metro Central Education District, Teacher Training, March 2014

The course was clear, open and easy to understand basic concepts. What I liked most was that it links with the curriculum and it really works. It needs to be implemented at my centre.

Open Public Training, Cape Town (June 2013)
BCP Short Course, UCT (June 2013)