60% of learners learn in an African language/mother tongue from Grade 1. By Grade 4, 95% of learners have English/Arikaans as a medium of instruction. Taylor & Von Fintel (2016) research found learners who receive instruction in their mother tongue perform better academically.
Congratulations to Adv. Thandi Orleyn, Chair of the Zenex Foundation, on her Spirit of Ubuntu Award conferred by @UbuntuPathways. The award honours her unwavering commitment to transforming the lives of the majority of South Africans.
As part of the #UlwaziLwethu project,
@UPTuks' Dept of Early Childhood Education conducted quality assurance on the graded and leisure readers. UP worked with African language experts to ensure the credibility of the findings. Read the exec summary here: https://t.co/upvw0FUcgA
The epic #ShakaiLembeMzansi, took 6 years to research, consult, plan. 900 crew,250 actors, thousands of extras,2 000+ costumes,420 hairstyles,8 000 strings of beads,9 months to build the Jhb set,50km+ of reed grass hand-plaited the old-fashioned way into rope.All South African!
@threebosses@laurenfok1@Maguguana_S I think also reading for knowledge and reading to tell a story differ. They had to understand the history and then figure out a way to tell the Shaka story as accurately as they could.
As we mark International Day of Mathematics, we are mindful of the challenges learners face in improving their mathematical skills. Read our backlogs report which unpacks accumulated gaps in learners’ foundational mathematics and recommends solutions here https://t.co/pkPjTu4LM1
As we anticipate the release of the National Senior Certificate results, we need a reality check on the benefits foregone by the rest of the schooling system to momentarily mark this occasion. Read our reflections & recommendations here https://t.co/EOjiolbWLv #MatricResults2022