Presentations from the recent Regional CSTL Technical Committee Meeting and FutureLife-Now! Regional Task Team Meeting are available for download. Click here for access.
Regional Meetings Presentations Now Available for Download
FutureLife-Now! Newsletter Out Now!
Read how Mwembeshi Boarding Secondary in Zambia is a role model for all schools in Zambia in terms of its agricultural production unit, improved linkages between Lesotho’s 10 FutureLife-Now! schools and their nearby health facilities, school climate change initiatives and research on the impact of COVID-19 on young people all in the latest edition of FutureLife-Now! News, now also in French and Portuguese! To subscribe to this quarterly newsletter, mail bashni@miet.co.za.
Read the full edition here.
Terms of Reference for Procurement of External Audit || Service for the Period 2021
MIET AFRICA seeks to procure the services of a suitably qualified and experienced auditing firm for its External Audit for the service period 2021. Whilst the Terms of Reference (ToR) are for the 2021 year, the Trust’s Audit and Risk Committee has the authority to recommend the appointment, on a year to year basis, for a maximum period of five years. All queries and quotes to be directed to Matthew Fortuin on matthew@miet.co.za Closing dates for submission is 31 August 2021. Click here to read the full ToR and to submit.
Guide for Operationalising Care and Support for Teaching and Learning in Schools in the SADC Region Out Now!
This guide was developed by MIET AFRICA to guide SADC Ministries of Education and their schools in taking the necessary steps to build schools that are rights-based, inclusive and supportive. It is intended to support schools to operationalise the SADC Policy Framework on Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL), and provides answers to the why, how, what and who questions related to building the foundations of CSTL schools. The process has been informed by MIET AFRICA’s extensive experience gained over many years in the
implementation of CSTL programmes across the SADC region. MIET AFRICA extends its gratitude to Save the Children International and the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation for providing financial support for the development of the guide. Download the guide here.
Learnings from What We’ve Done and How We Did It || Learning Briefs Out Now!
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, sub-Saharan Africa was at risk of not achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The pandemic has reversed gains and deepened poverty, social exclusion and access to critical services. Further, it has adversely impacted socioeconomic, environmental and political conditions which will have a significant impact on children’s rights to develop their full potential. In the following two Learning Briefs, read about how the Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) Policy Framework provides a roadmap for Member States to strengthen their educational ecosystems as vehicles for developing human capital, and how the SADC Policy Framework on CSTL is an ideal vehicle for driving the Decade of Action for sustainable development.
LEARNING BRIEF_CSTL Policy Framework
LEARNING BRIEF_Strengthening educational systems 20 July 2021
The Impact of COVID-19 on Young People and Adolescents in the SADC Region – Report Out Now
The impact of COVID-19 will have an irreversible effect on progress that has been made if governments, specifically SADC governments, do not redouble efforts and move forward with ever greater commitment for adolescents’ wellbeing. Greater economic investment and infrastructure development in health, education, technology and protection is required now more than ever, as is the involvement of young people in the policy discourse.
This follows an exploratory study undertaken by MIET AFRICA and the Human Science Research Council (HSRC), the report of which has been launched today.
CSTL Pulse, an online community platform which promotes engagement amongst various Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) stakeholders, is now live!
Member States, Ministries of Education, schools and educators in the SADC region are invited to register as members of the newly launched CSTL Pulse site. This evolving online platform will continue to grow into a useful and robust space for all those working in the CSTL environment. Now more than ever, people are recognising the benefits of a collaborative, online space to connect, exchange ideas, promote their work and share information. Join us and sign up. We look forward to welcoming you to CSTL Pulse! Connect here
FutureLife-Now! Newsletter Out Now
It is always inspiring to hear stories of learners taking matters into their own hands and making decisions that have a positive impact on their lives as well as those of their family and their community. Read about this and more in the newsletter here.
TV Production Our Changing Climate: our Time to Act Now! launched
Following a successful climate change radio series that provided a platform for discussion around the impact of climate change on countries in the SADC region, a two-part television production Our Changing Climate: our Time to Act Now! – launches this week. The production – developed in partnership with MIET AFRICA, the UN CC: Learn Secretariat, UNITAR, and pro-active environmental ministries in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, showcases innovative homegrown responses to the threat of climate change in these three Southern African countries. Featuring young climate change activists who share what they are doing to improve their environment, the television production will be broadcast in English, Nyanja, Bemba, Shona, Ndebele and Chichewa.
Click here for the full media release and here for the broadcasting schedule. Visit MIET AFRICA’s FB page to view clips from the series.
Teachers’ Safety and Security in South African Schools: A Handbook
In South Africa, school-based violence takes on many dimensions. Being involved in school violence can mean being a perpetrator or a victim, but it can also mean being a witness to the violence, which in itself can be psychologically damaging. Both learners and educators need to be provided with a safe learning and work environment. MIET AFRICA has just developed and designed the South African College of Educators’ (SACE) Teachers’ Safety and Security in South African Schools: A Handbook – a user-friendly reference for educators on information on their rights and responsibilities regarding violence in schools; how to protect him/ herself in violent situations in the school environment; and most importantly, what action to take to decrease the risk of violence against every member of the school community, both near, or in, schools and classrooms. Click here to download the handbook.