NECT News

5 March 2015
Public/private partnerships and literacy on the agenda for the NECT dialogue

Education stakeholders to discuss innovative proposals for education reform. The National Education Collaboration Trust (the NECT) in collaboration with the […]

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30 January 2015
A long road ahead, but the flame has been lit

There is light at the end of the education tunnel, if what the NECT has achieved since its inception in […]

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19 January 2015
Thembisile Nwendamutswu’s legacy lives on through NECT initiates

The sad passing of Thembisile Nwendamutswu, Limpopo MEC of Education, is not only a great loss for her family, friends […]

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9 October 2014
Why business, large and small, should be pledging funding to the NECT

What’s been dubbed ‘SA’s educational Codesa’ involves all stakeholders, each with their own particular contribution to offer in creating quality […]

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9 October 2014
Support for teachers goes all the way to the top

As South Africa celebrated World Teachers’ Day on 5 October, both President Zuma and Deputy President Ramaphosa expressed their unqualified […]

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9 October 2014
The NECT: a cycle of trust

For the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) to succeed in assisting the Department of Education to overhaul education, it is […]

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11 June 2014
NECT mobilises youth to fix education

There is a new revolution in South Africa: fixing education. The NECT is actively involving today’s youth in this revolution. […]

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6 June 2014
Hope at hand for Education in South Africa

Government, business, teacher unions and NGOs collaborate to create an educational Codessa In what is a collaboration that could turn […]

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1 April 2014
Vhembe and Waterberg first in line for fast-track education upgrades

Polokwane (1 April 2014) – Learners, teachers and education officials in the Vhembe and Waterberg district will soon begin to […]

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19 March 2014
NECT and education sector trade unions optimistic about progress made

Centurion, 19 March 2014 – Yesterday, the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) and the education sector trade unions, held a […]

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8 January 2014
National Education Collaboration Trust responds to Senior Certificate results

The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) would like to congratulate the Minister of Basic Education, her provincial counterparts and the […]

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12 December 2013
New national education partnership names its CEO

The recently established National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), a civil society-government partnership dedicated to intensifying reform and boosting performance in […]

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15 November 2013
Government and stakeholders focus on thorny issues blocking better school performance

The recently established National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) kicked-off its programme of dialogue for change in basic education in Pretoria […]

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16 October 2013
Sweeping intervention in education planned

Intensive and sustained intervention is necessary to improve the quality of education in the Bojanala district, in which Rustenburg is […]

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16 July 2013
Major education stakeholders pledge joint action for education reform

The most powerful role players in the field of basic education – including government, trade unions, business and non-governmental organisations […]

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1 July 2013
Respect Posters in Schools

At the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), we know that education is the key to our country’s future. By joining […]

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