You are invited! Gender Equity in Schools | Webinar on CSTL Pulse | REGISTER NOW!

You are invited! Gender Equity in Schools | Webinar on CSTL Pulse | REGISTER NOW!

Gender equity in schools within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region aims to ensure all learners, regardless of gender, have equal opportunities to succeed. This involves addressing various barriers that can impede access to quality education for girls and boys. Hear from leading gender experts from the Region as they discuss Gender Equity in SADC Schools during a webinar on 23 May, only on CSTL Pulse.

 

DETAILS:

Thursday, 23 May 2024

3pm – 5:30pm CAT

Link to register: Meeting Registration – Zoom 

Hosted by CSTL Pulse, the online SADC CSTL Community.

For more information, program and speaker details,  see webinar flyer here.

Register now!

 

Schools’ Webinar Series| A Learner’s Role in the Fight Against Deforestation| Register to Participate!

Schools’ Webinar Series| A Learner’s Role in the Fight Against Deforestation| Register to Participate!

Next up in the series of the FutureLife-Now! Schools’ Webinars is with learners from Bwaila Secondary School (Malawi) and Motsekuoa High School (Lesotho).

Learners will discuss their role in the fight against deforestation. Registration is free and all are welcome.

DETAILS: Thursday, 28 April at 10am on Zoom.

Register here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iBw6lFhnQFGne2mm5HdLXA

B-BBEE for Education NGOs: Invitation to Regional Workshops

B-BBEE for Education NGOs: Invitation to Regional Workshops

B-BBEE for Education NGOs: Regional Workshops to be held in Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal

Following on from the Education NGO Leadership Summit, that was hosted by National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) in March 2016, a call for nominations was made for people to serve on an interim Education NGO Steering Committee. The Steering Committee met in December 2016 and has identified B-BBEE as a priority area for Education NGOs. Research has been commissioned, with support from the NECT, and three regional workshops are planned for March 2017:

● Johannesburg, 6 March 2017 09:00 – 12:00

● Cape Town, 7 March 2017 09:00 – 12:00

● Durban, 8 March 2017 09:00 – 12:00

Download invitation below:

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MIET AFRICA participates in the Operation Phakisa for Education

MIET AFRICA participates in the Operation Phakisa for Education

On 2 October 2015, the President, his Excellency Jacob Zuma, officially launched the Education Operation Phakisa — “Leveraging in ICTs to strengthen education in South Africa”. This hugely ambitious programmes seeks to roll out ICT in all schools in South Africa within the next four to five years.

The launch was the culmination of an intensive four-week “laboratory” that brought together some of the most important stakeholders in the sector to formulate detailed and sustainable implementation plans on how ICTs can best be used to leverage improved education outcomes in the country. The laboratory, held in Gauteng, lasted from 6 September to 1 October 2015. Participants included high-level officials from the Department of Basic Education and Provincial Education Departments, as well as sister government departments (including the Departments of Telecommunications & Postal Services; Science and Technology; Communications; and National Treasury), teacher unions and the business sector. MIET AFRICA was pleased to send a representative to participate on behalf of civil society.

Love, Care and Protection from Infancy to Adolescence

Love, Care and Protection from Infancy to Adolescence

MIET AFRICA is proud to be partnering with the SADC Secretariat and REPSSI as the latter hosts its third bi-annual Psychosocial Support Forum 2015: Love, Care and Protection from Infancy to Adolescence, taking place in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, from 1-3 September 2015.

The overall aim of this forum is to raise awareness of the need for, and approaches to, providing love, care and protection for girls and boys through the different stages of their development, from infancy to adolescence, and to influence policy and programming at national- and regional-levels. Psychosocial support is critical for children, families and communities to develop resilience and to thrive. It also forms part of the Essential Package of Care and Support adopted by SADC Ministries of Education as part of the Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) Programme.

The forum is a high-level partnership-building platform that brings together stakeholders from regional economic blocks,

August is “Women’s month” in South Africa

August is “Women’s month” in South Africa

Wathint’ abafazi, Wathint’ imbokodo! If you strike a woman, you strike a rock!

During August, South Africa celebrates the inspiring women (past and present) who have fought for women’s rights. MIET AFRICA is proud to highlight that its work has a strong focus on the upliftment of girl children and young women, reducing gender-based violence and other crimes committed against our female population. We strive to ensure equality, particularly when it comes to ensuring the right to education.

“Every year on 9 August we celebrate Women’s Day in South Africa, a public holiday that pays homage to the women of our nation; – the mothers, the wives, the sisters and the daughters who fought tirelessly against the tyranny of the Apartheid government.

“Inaugurated in 1994, along with a free, democratic South Africa, the public holiday commemorates a 1956 protest lead by Lilian Ngoyi,

Global Education Leaders’ Program (GELP)

Global Education Leaders’ Program (GELP)

Strong system leadership is a critical component and driver for effective and sustainable system transformation.

GELP is a partnership of “thought leaders” from world-class organizations. Teams of key education leaders – who are committed to transforming education in practice and developing the personal skills they need to lead the changes required – collaborate in a global community. GELP supports these education leaders to drive system transformation in their jurisdictions forward, in order to meet the challenges of globalization, demographic shifts and technological advancements.

South Africa is fortunate, through the province of KwaZulu-Natal, to have been invited to participate in this important international programme. The KZN GELP team comprises five members: two from the KZN Department of Education, one from UNISA and two from MIET AFRICA, the development partner – whose role is to coordinate and mobilize resources.

In October, delegates from twelve jurisdictions from six continents gathered as a community of system leaders at the 9th GELP Global Event in New Delhi.

Collaborating for inclusion and democracy – North meets South

Collaborating for inclusion and democracy – North meets South

On 28 and 29 of November, MIET AFRICA hosted the last two of the days of the final inter-country meeting of the North/South Cooperation: Teaching for Inclusion and Democracy Project, which was held in in Gaborone, Botswana. This initiative is a collaboration between Stockholm University in the North, and Botswana, Namibia and South Africa in the South. Each of the southern country teams are represented by their Ministry of Education, a university and an NGO. Over the past three years, North and South have collaborated on research on democratic and inclusive approaches to learning. This research is intended to inform both pre– and in-service teacher education in Inclusive Education.

The main purpose of the meeting was to afford the opportunity to the country teams to present their case study research. It was a major achievement that, despite the research teams being comprised mainly of full-time university lecturers,