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BCP Focus Schools: South Communities

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South Communities Training

Following the training and qualification of the Learning Support Teacher at Marine Primary School as a mediator of the Basic Concepts Programme (BCP), significant improvements were observed in the functioning and learning outcomes of the learners in her groups. These positive results generated strong interest among the remaining Foundation Phase teachers at the school. As a result, they attended the Basic Concepts Symposium in 2025 and requested formal training in the programme.

Teachers from Pauli Pre-Primary School also participated in the symposium and recognised the potential of the programme to support learners in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) phase.

These two schools will undertake training together as part of the South Communities Training Programme.

The primary objective of this initiative is to introduce structured and targeted BCP interventions in schools serving the Metro South Communities.

Teacher-mediators at these sites will not only deliver high-quality, focused, short-term interventions to learners, but will also be responsible for establishing a sustainable and ongoing intervention framework within their schools.

As designated Focus Schools, they will receive enhanced support from the Basic Concepts Foundation, including advanced training, learner progress tracking, feedback, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation.

 

 

Now I can help the learners from our poorer areas to verbalize for themselves…  they are becoming more confident and starting to love their educational journey.

Metro Central (2013); Training

I found this course extremely helpful. One of the best I have attended. The programme makes so much sense and has really made me think!

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

My concern about my learners’ language barriers and how to overcome these barriers has been solved for me.

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

Thank you very much for the training. We learnt so much from you and how to run the programme... This was interesting and we really enjoyed it.

Kwena Basic Education Trust

The workshop helped me to understand how to work with the children in the classroom. I also learnt how to ask open-ended questions that will encourage my learners to think and to ask more questions.

Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2

Very informative, well presented, engaging, coherent and thought provoking.

Metro South Training, Western Cape Education Department, 2015