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National Home Languages
Reading Improvement Programme

A national reading initiative that supports the improvement of
reading in learners’ home languages across South Africa.

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for School Level Excellence
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OUR MASSIVE
TRANSFORMATION
PURPOSE

Our Massive Transformation Purpose

Identify opportunities and create platforms for
future collaborations which will benefit

StudentsTeachers

13 Million

500 000

500 000

Learners

Teachers

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Systemic
Implementation
Support:

We drive large scale implementation
that impacts the system

Systemic Implementation Support

About NECT

The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) was founded in 2013 as a means to mobilise national resources to support the government in achieving sustainable and substantial improvement in education, as directed by the National Development Plan (NDP).

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Our Footprint

Organisations

120

Organisations
Schools

22812

(90%)

Schools
Teachers

130000

(25%)

Teachers
Districts

75

(100%)

Districts

Education Dialogues SA

The Education DialogueSA Sub-Division is a key component of the Social Compact and Partnerships Division 3 and interacts on a regular basis with a wide range of role-players and stakeholders. For many constituencies the Dialogues are the public face of the NECT, where they benefit from the various platforms provided to engage with each other and with the Department of Basic Education. As such the Dialogue programme seeks to assist the NECT in positioning itself as a credible and independent interlocutor between government and civil society.

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Publications

Events

Media

NECT News

NECT Congratulates the Class of 2025

26th January 2026

FLPB Busary Programme
Stakeholders Collaborate to Guide Potential Repurposing of Funza Lushaka Bursary
18th November 2025
NECT and Room to Read donate 40 000 books at MEC Book Club Launch
28th October 2025
Setting the Province of the Northern Cape ahead of National Averages
Setting the Province of the Northern Cape ahead of National Averages
6th November 2025

Partners