Learning Brief – Power, Access And Agency: Understanding Barriers To Parental Involvement
Parents are the first educators of their children. Their ability to know and love their children has unparalleled benefits. Research shows that encouragement and support from parents/caregivers, not necessarily assistance with specific homework, improves learner achievement even for children attending schools where education is not of the highest quality. Although parents have untapped power – […]
Learning Brief: Breaking the cycle – teenage pregnancy and school dropout
Although rates of teenage pregnancy in South Africa have been steadily declining, adolescent girls are still more likely to become pregnant in South Africa than in most low- and middle-income countries. Early and unintended pregnancy can severely disrupt a young person’s chances of completing school with a matric certificate. There is a mutually reinforcing relationship […]
Encouraging and championing your child during exams
Parent Power aims to inspire and support parents in South Africa – empowering them to be champions for their children’s education. The key aspects of the initiative are: Building the identity of parents as powerful and key participants in the education of their children; Driving school activation and mobilisation for quality learning; and Sharing parents’ […]
SGBs: What parents need to know
Parent Power aims to inspire and support parents in South Africa – empowering them to be champions for their children’s education. SGB elections take place every three years in public schools, and by standing for election, or by voting someone in, parents have the chance to make sure that their voice is heard and that […]
Hands-on Learning Issue 18
Through our Hands-on Learning publication, we hope to play a helpful role in synthesising information from innovators and implementers in civil society, supporting them to share what they have learned so that others are able to draw from and build on their experiences. Read below a short synopsis of what you can find in Hands-on […]
Learning Brief: Against all odds — enabling distance learning in lower quintile schools
While public benefit organisations have long spoken out about the importance of bridging the ‘digital divide’, the COVID-19 pandemic revealed, more acutely than ever before, the impacts of unequal access to digital tools and connectivity. In this learning brief, two initiatives committed to keeping learners in school – the Zero Dropout Campaign and Public School […]
Reading for Meaning: Activities
Stories & activities for parents
Reading for Meaning: Storybooks
Stories and guides for education practitioners
Reading for Meaning – Audio books
Audiobooks Once you’ve listened to a story, click here to download educational games associated with it. How the Zebra got His Stripes Lost in the Supermarket The Elephant And The Ants The Singing Sack The Four Friends A Very Hairy Policeman The Boy, the Bullies and the Bicycle I don’t like cricket I love it!
Reading for Meaning: Videos
Videos The Value of Constructive Feedback Tips For Parents To Make Reading Fun At Home [isi-Xhosa] Tips For Parents To Make Reading Fun At Home Learn how to assess your child’s reading skills