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On 13 November 2008 a Graduation Ceremony was held at the Kamieskroon Hotel for teachers who had succesfully implemented the Basic Concepts Programme under supervision from 2006-2008.
Two groups of Grade R teachers were trained over two years in 2008 and 2009.
School and classroom visits for the purposes of mentoring and monitoring are an essential feature of the Basic Concepts Programme.
The start of the project was daunting, particulary the introduction of a new teaching approach into these multi-grade classes.
Two interesting observations made in the report:-
A full description of the Metro Central Basic Concepts project and an interim evaluation were presented in the form of a poster at the IACESA Conference, 2008.
The results of this follow-up testing one year after the intervention indicated that learners had maintained and in most cases improved on their 2006 scores.
The following are some examples of learner writing gathered during the project.
