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Did you know learning in your mother tongue boosts cognitive development?
Significant gains for all 4 project schools in Metro North
Conceptual hierarchies are crucial for vocabulary development.
A major milestone for the Basic Concepts Programme!
See Grade R learners decode words.
A day to celebrate the power of learning to transform lives...
Our focus areas for 2025
At Basic Concepts Foundation, we are proud to support Salisbury House
Meet the team (2025)-

 

Louis Benjamin
Discussions about language policy have remained stagnant, offering little tangible progress.

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The training was very effective and informative … and gave us insight into how to teach and develop language. I wish there could be more of such training to develop ourselves further.

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

I am blown away!!! This is most definitely the most useful course that I have ever attended.

Overberg District, Western Cape Department of Education (February, 2019)

Goals and objectives were clear, easy to grasp and manageable.  The enthusiasm and energy with which the course was presented made for an enjoyable 3 days!  

Open Public Training, 2015 (Cape Town)

The course was clear, open and easy to understand basic concepts. What I liked most was that it links with the curriculum and it really works. It needs to be implemented at my centre.

Open Public Training, Cape Town (June 2013)
BCP Short Course, UCT (June 2013)

‘Although I have been teaching Grade R for 23 years... I have learnt so much over the past 2 weeks and have already seen a change in most of my learners.’ (Metro Central, 2012)

Teacher Feedback

What I understand about the Basic Concepts Programme is that it is very useful in all subjects. I must implement it in every lesson. I must also try to be as accurate and precise as possible when teaching.

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