by Admin | Dec 16, 2021 | Early Grade Projects and Evaluations
Introduction Aligned to the National Development Plan (NDP) goals, Zenex’s Strategy 2025 aims to improve learner performance in African languages and mathematics in the early grades. Critical to this strategy is the investment and support in the training of teachers...
by Admin | Dec 16, 2021 | Early Grade Projects and Evaluations
Introduction Schools in South Africa have faced intermittent disruptions since March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdown restrictions. These disruptions have resulted in a significant number of school days being lost in the academic calendar...
by Admin | Dec 16, 2021 | Early Grade Projects and Evaluations, Early Grade Resources for the Classroom
Introduction Literacy development in South Africa is severely hampered by several factors including ineffective teaching in and of African home languages, the severe shortage of African language story books and a poor reading culture. This effectively results in too...
by Admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Early Grade Projects and Evaluations, Early Grade Resources for the Classroom
Ulwazi Lwethu: African Language Reading Materials Project is a resource development initiative intended to develop African language reading books and teacher reading support resources targeted at teaching learners in the Foundation Phase to read in their home...
by Admin | Oct 18, 2021 | Early Grade Projects and Evaluations
Introduction The Maths 4 Primary Project aims to address backlogs in the Bachelor of Education (BEd) for Foundation Phase teachers-in-training. The project is a large-scale collaboration between six universities, including the University of Fort Hare (UFH) as project...
by Admin | Oct 18, 2021 | Early Grade Projects and Evaluations
Introduction Benchmarks are set expectations and norms for literacy and reading performance for each grade. They ensure teachers can assess African language learners’ literacy levels systematically and accurately. The African Languages Reading Benchmarks Project is...
