Home >> News Events >> News >> Ikwezi Lead Teacher Project: Summary of Phase 1 (2010-2012)

Ikwezi Lead Teacher Project: Summary of Phase 1 (2010-2012)

Summary of Phase 1

The aim of this ECD and primary school improvement project which ran for three years between 2010-2012, was to improve teaching and learning in language and mathematics from Grades R through 7.

The project operated in nine primary schools and six of their feeder pre-schools in the Mfuleni and Lwandle townships, located in the Cape Town Metropole and Helderberg basin respectively.

Professional development was provided through Advanced Certificates in Education (ACE) and the Basic Concepts Programme (BCP).

In the Basic Concepts Programme (BCP), teachers were provided with a structured and systematic teaching approach and tools to reflect on their own teaching. Teachers from both the primary and pre-schools attended the programme, thus ensuring that all Grade 1s starting at the project primary schools had similar school preparedness.

Twenty-four Grade R and eight Grade 1 teachers from eight schools and six pre-schools received certificates for the BCP. A further eight teachers received certificates for Grade R Literacy, Numeracy and Life Skills courses run on the project's behalf by the Early Learning Resource Unit (ELRU).