Publications
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PUBLICATIONS
& REPORTS
PILO Impact of The Jika Imfundo Interventions on Circuit Management Work Survey Report
The report gives an account of the impact of the Jika iMfundo interventions on Circuit Management work in KwaZulu Natal. The report gives a consolidated view on how Circuit Managers across all the 12 KZN districts progressed in their adoption , application, and use of curriculum management practices as well as the challenges and limitations they face in practice.
PILO Impact of District Leadership Training Sessions Survey Report
PILO conducted leadership training sessions to support leadership at various levels in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) education districts on curriculum leadership and management. The sessions were attended by officials from various directorates across all 12 districts, mostly members of the Management Committees (Manco). A total of 142 district leaders across were surveyed to assess the impact of district leadership training sessions in improving their practices. This leadership report gives more details on findings of the survey, including the possible achievements and areas of concern.
PILO Adoption of Key Curriculum Management Practices Survey Report
The schools’ surveys report provides an overview of the feedback from the internal surveys conducted by PILO in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) schools between November 2021 and November 2023. The surveys were repeated annually in an average of 90 schools across the 12 districts with the aim of assessing the extent to which school management teams (SMTs) and teachers have adopted the Jika iMfundo key curriculum management practice. The report gives insights on the overall gains and challenges made by the Jika iMfundo intervention as well some proposals for the way forward.
Learning about sustainable change in education in South Africa
The Jika iMfundo campaign 2015 - 2017
Report on colloquium sustainable change in education
7 - 8 June 2018
Shifting Paradigms – Changing Practice – Values-based instructional leadership in schools
Dr Allistair Witten
Exploring Grade 9 Mathematics teachers’ usage of the curriculum planner and tracker in secondary schools in the ILembe and Pinetown districts
Yeshvira Brijlall
Exploring secondary (9, 10 & 11) Mathematics and Science teachers’ usage of the curriculum tracker in Pinetown and King Cetshwayo districts
Njabulo Happyboy Dube
The exploration of School Management Teams’ (SMTs) learning experiences through the use of Jika iMfundo toolkits and training: A case study of a primary school in Pinetown District
Mbongiseni John Mazibuko
The Types Of Knowledge that Intermidiate Phase Mathematics Teachers Acquire through Participation in Jika Imfundo Project: A Case Study of Six Teachers at Grace Primary School in King Cetshwayo District
Esther Nomthandazo Onso Mpungose
Intermediate Phase English Teacher Learning: A Case Study of Teachers Participating in Jika Imfundo Project
Philani Ntuthuko Goge
Large-scale improvement interventions in the education system: PILO’s contribution to the theory of change in education
Francine de Clercq and Yael Shalem, University of the Witwatersrand
Context matters: Heads of Department’s leadership practices in monitoring and supporting teachers in schools participating in Jika iMfundo
C.C. Nonhlanhla Mthiyane, School of Education, Durban University of Technology, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Jika iMfundo: a South African study of ‘turning education around’ through improved curriculum coverage
Venitha Pillay - 20 Dec 2018
Exploring Teachers’ Perceptions Towards The 1+9 Mathematics Intervention Programme tor Grade 9 Mathematics Teachers in Ugu District
A Dissertation submitted to the School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, in fulfilment of the requirements for degree of Master of Education (Mathematics Education)
Programme to Improve Learning Outcomes
Report-back to donors - 27 October 2014
Mapping the Pathways of Systemic Change in Education in South Africa
A case study of the Programme to Improve Learning Outcomes (PILO)
UNION
SURVEYS
The combined unions administered several surveys to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on schools. The results of these surveys are available below.
Report: National Baseline Survey of Principals on School Readiness
18 May 2020
National School Readiness Survey Reports
29 May 2020
National School Readiness Survey Progress Reports
29 June 2020
National School Readiness Survey 5
11 August 2020
National School Readiness Survey
18 January 2021
National School Readiness Survey 2 of 2021
9 February 2021
Vaccination Readiness Union Survey Feedback
9 June 2021
