ACE School Leadership course: Links to websites for School Policies essay

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 28 Mar, 2008

National Education policies are available on the national Department of Education's website:

 
as is the relevant legislation
 
From the National Department's website, the students can then select the province, and check the provincial policies.
 
This is the link to the Western Cape DOE site
 
Government Publications has a subject guide to Education
  
School policies from other countries can be found on the International Bureau for Education    http://www.ibe.unesco.org/Links/allcoun.htm .   Another useful site is the  UN Educational portal    http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/eosportal_index.asp . 
 

National Reading Strategy

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 25 Mar, 2008
A copy of the National_Reading.pdf has been added to Resources on this blog.

National Tests at Primary Schools: Foundations for Learning Campaign

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 25 Mar, 2008

Learners from grades one to six will write national tests in literacy and numeracy starting in November, according to a story in this week's Mail and Guardian.  

It is proposed that these test results  be sent to the Minister of Education annually.

The Department of Education's aim is to improve pupils' average skill in reading and numeracy to a 50% proficiency by 2011. The roll-out of the tests  forms part of the Foundations for Learning Campaign, which was launched last week by Minister of Education Naledi Pandor and has been gazetted. No. 306 14 March 2008