New hope for Ndwedwe teachers

Ndwedwe intern-teachers are getting the unique opportunity to be upskilled and inspired and be part of a mission to improve education thanks to the recent launch of the Inanda Seminary – Zenex Foundation Teacher Intern Project.

Inanda Seminary, founded by American missionaries in 1869 25km north west of Durban, is the leading independent boarding school for black girls in Southern Africa.

Their mission statement is to provide a Christian educational environment with an African ethos for its members to develop holistically in leadership, life skills, integrated technology, critical thinking, social development and sport.

Community project manager and Salt Rock resident Cathy Bean said the launch was a great success and an exciting start for the project.

“The launch was a wonderful celebration of collaboration and relationship-building between the Ndwedwe principals, mentor teachers, teacher-interns, Inanda Seminary and the Zenex Foundation. It brought hope to all present,” said Bean, who said that educational upliftment has to start right at the beginning to make a difference.

“The crisis in South African education will not be solved through interventions at high school level. Children acquire learning deficits in the early grades.

“Nic Spaull, an educational researcher from University of Stellenbosch stated that by grade three, children in the poorest 60% of schools are already three years’ worth of learning behind pupils of more affluent circumstances.

“This Inanda Seminary – Zenex Foundation Teacher Intern Project in eight Primary Schools in Ndwedwe in Foundation Phase will hopefully tell a new positive story in education.

“Through academic support for their UNISA studies and contextual instructional practice, the Ndwedwe teacher-interns, together with their mentor teachers in the primary schools will be provided with the necessary tools to ensure that they become fine Foundation Phase teachers”

The Ndwedwe Intern-teachers will receive funding covering academic fees, study materials, and a stipend.

Over the two-and-a-half-year period each intern seconded at the eight public primary schools in Ndwedwe will receive training and mentoring from teachers teaching and operating in a dynamic, high-performing school, while having enough time to complete their formal studies.

They will be visited and mentored at their placement schools, as while as spending time at Inanda Seminary.

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