VVOB has been active in South Africa since 1997, and has remained committed to making a difference in the education sector.
Over the years, VVOB’s programmes have included promoting gender equality, improving basic literacy among children, addressing climate change, enhancing foundational mathematics skills, and fostering professional learning communities, among others.
VVOB aims to improve education in South Africa in close collaboration with national and provincial stakeholders by building the capacity of the education sector to provide quality education for all children. This collaborative approach ensures that VVOB’s efforts are well-targeted and effective in achieving their goal of improving education for all.
Our focus areas:
Early childhood education
Primary education
General secondary education
Climate change education
Equity
Our key areas of work include:
Initial teacher education - Embedding inclusive education in different subjects of initial teacher education, as well as during student teachers’ teaching practice.
Induction of newly qualified teachers - Providing mentoring, peer support and training to teachers on inclusive education during their first year in the profession.
Continuous professional development of teachers - Providing quality opportunities for continuous professional development on both inclusive, gender responsive education and CCE, most notably through effective professional learning communities and by sharing best practices via Open Educational Resources.
School leadership development - Setting up and facilitating professional learning communities among school leaders.
Enabling environment - Key policy actors at local and national level have deepened knowledge about CCE and strengthened capacity to effectively integrate CCE in their policies and guidelines.
Our current programmes are Funda Udlale Nathi (F.U.N.) and Early Grade Reading Instruction (EGRI).
Funda Udladle Nathi (F.U.N.)
Funda Udlale Nathi, translated as “Learn and play with us” from isiZulu, aims to strengthen the ability of ECD practitioners at national and provincial level to understand and apply play-based pedagogies.
It is aimed at making learning fun and interactive for children. The project focuses on introducing playful teaching methods in schools, where educators incorporate games, activities, and creative approaches to engage students in their learning process.
EGRI – Early Grade Reading Instruction
The EGRI Programme aims to improve the quality of early grade reading instruction in South Africa. The programme focuses on providing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses and resources for teachers who teach reading in the Foundation Phase, specifically Grade R-3. By offering accessible and practical learning materials, the EGRI Programme aims to enhance teachers' instructional practices and ultimately improve learners' reading outcomes.
Previous programmes
- BLEND - Blended Learning for Educators in a (global) Network for Development
- Keep It Cool: Climate Change Education
- Gender Responsive Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education (GRP4ECE)
- Teaching and Learning for Inclusive Education: addressing barriers to learning in primary education
- Literacy Boost: improving reading skills through effective school leadership
- Institutional Capacity Development in Primary Education
- Improvement of Further Education and Training
At the heart of this organization are its highly skilled and educated experts, who are the driving force behind the great work being done in the South African education sector. Meat our team
