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Dr Benjamin Receives Vocational Service Award
Lessons from the Kamiesberg Education Project

Teachers' compliance with this project was extraordinary (95%), and the quality and dedication of the educators was most impressive.
14 July 2014 to 16 July 2014
Registration open for annual open public training in Johannesburg. All are welcome to attend. The training is accredited by UCT.
01 July 2014 to 03 July 2014
Registration open for annual open public training in Cape Town. All are welcome to attend. The training is accredited by UCT.
24 June 2013 to 26 June 2013
Registration open for annual open public training in Cape Town. All are welcome to attend. The training is accredited by UCT.
24 January 2013 to 31 January 2013
Grade R and Grade 1 teachers will be trained as mediators of the BCP at the start of the new year.
23 February 2013 to 02 March 2013
Latest training for Foundation Phase teachers in BCP Metro Central will be offered early in 2013.
Metro Central Education District
26 May 2012
Teacher Training in Metro Central has recently been concluded. 55 teachers, learning support teachers and officials were included in the current round of training.
The flier explains the main focus of the project:-

Louis Benjamin and Tami Mhlati visited teachers in the Strand to mentor and monitor their progress. These teachers have developed wonderfully.

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The BCP provides "tools" for higher-level learning.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

‘BCP is foundational to a child's learning. It is the building blocks on which all other concepts are built. A concept needs to be fully understood by a child before a new concept can be taught. We often rush children's learning due to time constraints which is not correct.’ (KIDZPOSITIVE, Occupational Therapist, 2011)

Teacher Feedback

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

I found all aspects of the course very effective.  I now have a very good understanding of how to teach all the concepts.  I am going to be more specific and detailed when I teach. I need to research and plan my basic concepts lessons ...

Ikwezi: Schools Development Unit, July 2014

'I can actually see results from using some of the ideas I got during the training.'

 

Central Training 2012

The workshop helped me to understand how to work with the children in the classroom. I also learnt how to ask open-ended questions that will encourage my learners to think and to ask more questions.

Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2