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Teacher Choices in Action (TCiA) Teacher Choices in Action (TCiA)

The Department of Higher Education and Training(“DHET”) developed and implemented a teaching practice module, ‘Teacher Choices in Action’ (TCiA) to support universities who needed to adopt supplementary teaching practice modalities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national lockdown.

We are hiring: Data Manager We are hiring: Data Manager

JET Education Services seeks to appoint a Data Manager for the Anglo-American South Africa (AASA) Education programme.

Build Education Back Better (BEBB) Build Education Back Better (BEBB)

The Build Education Back Better (BEBB) initiative seeks to build early insights from the ground and lived experiences of the partners in Kenya and South Africa on what works or does not work in education innovation during and post COVID-19, with a focus on Whole Child Development (WCD).

Examining Successful Numeracy Programs: Evaluating learner mathematics outcomes in an RCT in South Africa Examining Successful Numeracy Programs: Evaluating learner mathematics outcomes in an RCT in South Africa

Presented at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Washington on February 21, 2023. The Marko-D test is based on an empirically validated model of children’s progressive understanding of numerical concepts. The model was developed in Germany, based on theoretical suppositions and empirical data (Fritz, Ehlert & Leutner, 2018).In the model, the number concept is viewed as a requirement for the construction of arithmetical skills. These concepts gradually build upon each other, creating a continuum (or a pathway of learning progression) of increasing complexity (Henning, Ehlert, Balzer, Ragpot, Herholdt, & Fritz, 2019). This is in line with the South African school curriculum for the foundation phase (elementary school) which requires the development of basic number concepts. The Marko-D is a story-based, individually administered oral test, which provides diagnostic information regarding the child's number concept development (Herholdt, 2017), which in turn can be used to inform re-teaching, interventions and remediation. In 2022 JET, in collaboration with Bala Wande set out to expand the existing South African version of the Marko-D from the four language versions (English, Afrikaans, isiZulu and Sesotho) validated by the University of Johannesburg and published in 2019 (Henning, Ehlert, Balzer, Ragpot, Herholdt, & Fritz, 2019) include a Sepedi version. A second round of piloting was completed in the third term of 2022 in a sample of in excess of 1800 grade 1 learners. A Rasch analysis was carried out and the results were reported at the CIES conference in Washington DC on 21 February 2023 by Dr Ingrid Sapire who is the Head of Maths at Funda Wande, based at WITS University. A final pilot of the Sepedi version is planned for 2023 as well as expanding the validation process to include concurrent validation with the Hybrid EGMA used in the Bala Wande initiative.

Skills recognition mechanisms for selected occupational profiles of migrant workers in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa Skills recognition mechanisms for selected occupational profiles of migrant workers in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa

The ILO Country Office for Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan, and for the Special Representative to the AU and the ECA, through its “Better Regional Migration Management” project financed by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) carried out a feasibility study on skills recognition mechanisms for selected occupational profiles, namely, domestic work and welding. The analysis of the study focused on different economic contexts and labour migration governance mechanisms, namely the intra-regional migration corridor: Ethiopia-South Africa, and the free mobility within a regional economic community (IGAD), with emphasis on the Ethiopia-Kenya migration corridor.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: PSET CLOUD MVP REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: PSET CLOUD MVP

JET Education Services (JET) and the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA) have initiated the Post School Education and Training Collaboration and Learning Opportunities and Utilisation of Data (PSET CLOUD) programme that seeks to develop an integrated national digital ecosystem which is interoperable, can be used for effective skills planning and provisioning, and puts information in the hands of citizens and other stakeholders so they can make informed decisions about education, training and career opportunities. The purpose of the programme is to enable the government and citizens to make informed decisions relating to education, training and work. The programme seeks to ensure that data sets are interoperable, well synchronised and used effectively as sources of information for planning and improving efficiency in the PSET system as well as for individual decisions. In pursuit of this goal, the programme will establish a digital ecosystem that will strengthen, integrate, coordinate, improve efficiencies and solve challenges in the governance and management of the PSET system. The PSET CLOUD programme has six workstreams that include governance, partnership, advocacy, monitoring and evaluation, and the development of an interactive platform, all of which support the achievement of the PSET CLOUD goals.

PSET CLOUD is recognised as a promising practice by UNEVOC PSET CLOUD is recognised as a promising practice by UNEVOC

JET Education Services (JET) and the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA) have initiated the Post School Education and Training Collaboration and Learning Opportunities and Utilisation of Data (PSET CLOUD) programme that seeks to develop an integrated national digital ecosystem which is interoperable, can be used for effective skills planning and provisioning, and puts information in the hands of citizens and other stakeholders so they can make informed decisions about education, training and career opportunities.

PSET CLOUD has been recognised as a promising practice by UNEVOC PSET CLOUD has been recognised as a promising practice by UNEVOC

JET Education Services (JET) and the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA) have initiated the Post School Education and Training Collaboration and Learning Opportunities and Utilisation of Data (PSET CLOUD) programme that seeks to develop an integrated national digital ecosystem which is interoperable, can be used for effective skills planning and provisioning, and puts information in the hands of citizens and other stakeholders so they can make informed decisions about education, training and career opportunities.

Save the Children South Africa Bridging the Gap Save the Children South Africa Bridging the Gap

JET Education Services (JET) has been contracted by Save The Children South Africa (SCSA) to conduct research to feed into advocacy focused on enhancing the breadth of skills in the South African education system.

New Publication: Augmented Education in the Global Age New Publication: Augmented Education in the Global Age

Our very own JETsetter, Kelly Shiohira co-authored a publication with Wayne Holmes, they stress that "AI is ultimately a tool, but not a perfect one. AI is not machines that think independently. AI is merely a set of human-created algorithms that aim to mimic some human thought processes, such as decision making."

Meet our international Peace Corps Response Volunteer: Mark Forsberg Meet our international Peace Corps Response Volunteer: Mark Forsberg

JET Education Services has partnered with Peace Corps South Africa. Peace Corps Response sends experienced professionals to undertake short-term, high-impact service assignments in communities around the world. Mark Forsberg joined JET as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer in January 2023.

ILO New Research reports on Apprenticeship ILO New Research reports on Apprenticeship

International Labour Organization (ILO) has releases new research reports on Apprenticeships under the Apprenticeship Development for Universal Lifelong Learning and Training (ADULT) project

JET responds to the 2021 PIRLS results JET responds to the 2021 PIRLS results

Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), an international comparative study directed by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. PIRLS assesses and compares the reading performance of pupils in their fourth year of formal schooling across participating countries.

Bridging the Gap: World Cafe session Bridging the Gap: World Cafe session

World Cafe sessions are being conducted. The research is expected to inform advocacy for enhancing the breadth of skills in the South African education system. A key lever for enhancing the breadth of skills in the South African education system is teacher development.

World Refugee Day 2023 World Refugee Day 2023

World Refugee Day is commemorated annually on the 20th of June. JET Education Services reflects on some of our work.

10 youth focused JET inititives to celebrate Youth Month 10 youth focused JET inititives to celebrate Youth Month

National Youth Month (1-30 June 2023) is celebrated under the theme: “Accelerating youth economic emancipation for a sustainable future”. JET Education Services shares 10 youth-focused JET initiatives and publications to celebrate Youth Month

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