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This is how children learn best!
What an ECD programme must have to be successful?
Don't just take our word for it! Hear what the experts have to say about our Basic Concepts Programme.
Expand your horizons of teaching and learning
Getting to know who we are and what we do.
Revitalizing Education, One Teacher at a Time: The Basic Concepts Programme
Here are some of the statistics that we have accumulated over our 20 years in operation. We are proud of them and we can't wait to see the BCP in every Grade R class in South Africa!
The Basic Concepts Programme focuses on developing language and critical thinking skills in children, helping them become more effective problem-solvers and decision-makers.

Louis Benjamin (University of the Western Cape, 2001) received a Sylff Project Grant (SPG) to disseminate the Basic Concepts Program in Northern Cape Province, one of the poorest regions of South A
Unleashing the Power of the Mind

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I understand now that teaching is not just standing in front of the class, but a discussion/ dialogue with your children.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training, May 2014

Training was out of this world. I would definitely recommend this training to everyone ...

Christel House Training, July 2014

The course was clear, open and easy to understand basic concepts. What I liked most was that it links with the curriculum and it really works. It needs to be implemented at my centre.

Open Public Training, Cape Town (June 2013)
BCP Short Course, UCT (June 2013)

Before the workshop I thought (that) I knew how to teach or introduce my lessons, but now I know that I was not doing justice to my learners. I took them for granted ... as if (they would) very easily understand my instructions.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (January, 2013)

Louis I salute you. I am empowered by the presentation. Never a dull moment even though the weather was hot. I've already implemented the programme with my learners.

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (February, 2016)

Encourages children to be observant and provides opportunity for building language skills - from basics to more complex.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)