Focus Areas
The Zenex Foundation has three core focus areas through which it carries out work :
Summary of the Evaluation of the School Development Programme Evaluation
Summary of the Evaluation of the School Development Programme Evaluation view document
Final Evaluation of the Primary Mathematics Research Project: 2004 To 2007
FINAL REPORTTHE PRIMARY MATHEMATICS RESEARCH PROJECT2004 - 2007 Towards evidence-based educational development in South Africa Eric SchollarFebruary 2008THE PRIMARY MATHEMATICS RESEARCH PROJECT 2004 - 2007 view document
Numeracy in the Foundation Phase: Base-10 Mathematics Project
Introduction A foundational understanding of how numbers are decomposed and reconfigured to make equivalent combinations is essential for learners to grasp algebra in later grades. This includes understanding the properties of zero, and the identity, associative, and...
Bala Wande: Counting with Confidence
Introduction Zenex’s South African Mathematics Landscape Review undertaken in 2016 highlights the need for large-scale Foundation Phase mathematics interventions. These should be coupled with rigorous evaluations to determine what would work in improving learner...
Teachers and Parents Communication and Support Systems under COVID-19: An Action Research Project
Introduction Educational challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to establish effective parent-teacher relationships to maximise learning. Effective communication between parents and teachers can mitigate learning losses resulting from school...

Khanyisa Inanda Community Project (KICP): Student-Teacher Internship Project
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...

Foundation Phase Curriculum Recovery
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...
Ulwazi Lwethu (UL) African Languages Reading Materials Project
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...
Ulwazi Lwethu: African Language Reading Materials Project
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...
Initial Teacher Education: Maths 4 Primary Project
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...