Focus Area
The Zenex Foundation has three core focus areas which it carries out work, namely:
Early Grade Literacy & Numeracy Programme
Builds reading and numeracy teaching expertise at a critical entry point in the schooling system – the Foundation Phase.
Senior Phase English Mathematics Programme
Remediates mathematics and language backlogs at the point of entry to high school.
Thought
Leadership
Promotes evidence to
influence policy and practice.
Underpinning all our work is Research, Monitoring & Evaluation to ensure that evidence informs our work and also contributes to knowledge development in the education sector
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
African Languages Reading Benchmarks Project: Early Grade Literacy
Introduction Benchmarks are set expectations and norms for literacy and reading performance for each grade. They ensure teachers can assess African...
Evaluation of the Programme to Improve Learning Outcomes (PILO)
Introduction Zenex focuses on supporting the development of effective models that can be implemented at a systemic level in partnership with the...
NASCEE Statement on Vaccination of NGO Staff
NASCEE recently launched an advocacy campaign in support of the national COVID-19 vaccination programme. NASCEE urges its member NGO employees to...
Grade R Teacher Development Project (Gauteng)
Introduction Quality pre-school education and stimulation are significant predictors of later school progress. Despite near-universal Grade R access...