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27 August 2024 to 28 August 2024
Comprehensive training and support programme for teachers in Metro North.
10 September 2024 to 11 September 2024
Comprehensive training and support programme for teachers in Metro North.
Establishing contact with the Project Schools
Basic Concepts are the fundamental building blocks of life and of all learning.
From scribbles to masterpieces, our Basic Concepts Workbooks guide children on their journey of concept expression and fine motor growth.
23 October 2023 to 27 October 2023
Completing the the training of new BC mediators
By investing in language and vocabulary development, we are sowing the seeds for a lifetime of growth and confidence.
16 October 2023 to 07 December 2023
Keep informed about key events in our new international project.
05 February 2024 to 11 April 2024
Keep informed about key events in our new international project.
29 April 2024 to 04 July 2024
Keep informed about key events in our new international project.

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The course was very helpful to me as a teacher, excellent and exciting, because it opened my mind … how to integrate basic concept in all learning areas. It also showed that children should not be limited and their understanding should be developed step-by-step.

Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)
INTSHAYELELO PRIMARY

All that I learnt from Day One  I was immediately able to apply in my class the following day… with remarkable results!

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (February, 2014)

We were taught the theory as well as the practice.  I now feel confident to start to implement the programme with my class and even with my nieces and nephews.

Mitchell's Plain Primary School, November 2015

I have learned so much through the Kwena Basic Education Trust and for that I would like to take this opportunity to say: thank you.

Kwena Basin Education Trust: Project Visit, May 2016

‘All foundation phase educators, esp. Grade R, should attend this workshop. If everyone in the education system uses this BCP model, we should see remarkable improvements in the learners' LIT/NUM over a couple of years.’ (Metro North, 2009)

Teacher Feedback

Die Basiese Konsepte Program het my self vertroue weer op gebou. My taal gebruik en my manier van dinge doen het ook verander. Ek is baie bly en gelukking om deel uit te maak van die Basiese Konsepte Program.

Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2