NAMCOL Tracer Study of Former Learners 2005 - 2010

NAMCOL is a semi-autonomous education institution funded through the Ministry of Education. In 2011 Saide conducted a tracer study of former learners of NAMCOL - the Namibian College of Open Learning. Jenny Louw provides a summary of some of the findings of the study conducted by Liora Hellmann.

Rapid Research Assessment of the Use of the Department of Basic Education Workbooks

The Zenex Foundation is an independent South African non-profit donor agency dedicated to maths, science and language education. It provides financial resources and engages proactively with its funded projects to empower disadvantaged teachers, learners and school management committees through education and training. In fulfilling its mandate, the Foundation commissioned Saide to conduct rapid research on the use of the Department of Basic Education's Workbooks in ten Zenex project schools situated in Johannesburg. Paul Mphisa and Lorraine Marnewick report on the rapid research.

PHEA ETI Inter-Institutional Workshop

The PHEA Educational Technology Initiative third Inter-Institutional Workshop was held in Johannesburg in March 2012. This workshop, which was the last in a series of three over the four years of the project has been running was characterised by a highly self-confident and energetic group of participants who were eager and prepared to share experiences, writes Ephraim Mhlanga.