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19 September 2022 to 22 September 2022
Mentoring & Support Visits to Grade R Classes:

The BCP team, accompanied by the NC Department of Education will provide support to project teachers.
'The evaluation has established that the BCP is effective at enhancing the readiness of children taught by BCP teachers in participating schools.'
Dr Louis Benjamin
What is the Basic Concepts Programme? How does it benefit children from the most disadvantaged communities?
BC PROMO VIDEO PREMIER
11 September 2022
Find out more and register here for this event.

16 May 2022 to 19 May 2022
Mentoring & Support Visits to Grade R Classes:
The Basic Concepts Programme (BCP) is considered the first compensatory cognitive intervention programme for young learners (5-9yr olds) in South Africa.
BCs Advocacy Project Presentation, 2022

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What did teachers say about their overall experience of the BCP?

The following themes were drawn from teacher interviews in May and November 2021

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The course was very helpful to me as a teacher, excellent and exciting, because it opened my mind … how to integrate basic concept in all learning areas. It also showed that children should not be limited and their understanding should be developed step-by-step.

Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)
INTSHAYELELO PRIMARY

Thank you Louis for you dedication and enthusiasm. We need our teachers to be enthused with a love of children and a passion for mediating to our learners. God Bless.

Metro Central (2013): Training
Metro Central Education District

This workshop is one of the most beneficial workshops I have attended. The trainer’s presentation style was warm, easy to follow and understand. I like that he included practical activities, examples and demonstrations.

Metro Central: Training, October 2014

I have learned new strategies to use across the CAPS curriculum, also new exciting ways to build language. I've become more aware of the language that I use in my classroom.

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (February, 2016)

Before the workshop I thought (that) I knew how to teach or introduce my lessons, but now I know that I was not doing justice to my learners. I took them for granted ... as if (they would) very easily understand my instructions.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (January, 2013)

Basic Concepts are the building blocks on which cognition and perception is built.

Metro Central Training: WCED (February, 2015)