Accurate data is critical for efficient planning and evidence-based decision making in education: for system-level policy makers and officials, for school leaders and for classroom educators. NASCEE partners with the New Leaders Foundation (NLF) and the Department of Education (DBE) to share information about the Data Driven Districts (DDD) Dashboard. The Dashboard provides real-time, visualised learner data from SA-SAMS and was featured in four recent NASCEE regional events (in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu Natal and Cape Town), giving stakeholders opportunities to reflect on how data can improve their own interventions as well as foster stronger partnerships with government and across the sector.

This presentation gives an overview of the Data-Driven Districts (DDD) initiative of the Department of Education and the role of New Leaders Foundation. The presentation shares elements of the Data Driven District Dashboard, showing how effective implementation of the DDD provides education officials with quality education data and insights that drive informed decision making and improved learner outcomes nationwide.

In line with NASCEE’s focus on bringing organisations together to strengthen education in South Africa, in this final session of Tuesday in the Trenches, we invited Litasa (Literacy Association of South Africa), and NECDA (National Early Childhood Development Alliance).

It is incredible to consider the many innovative ways in which organisations work towards the common objective of strengthening literacy development.

A big thank you to presenters from Penreach, SAIDE, and ELET (Environment and Language Trust).

Our fourth webinar in the Tuesday in the Trenches series was again a well-attended event where we heard about innovative work from four organisations.

In our third webinar of the Tuesdays in the Trenches series, we heard from representatives from four organisations. The presentations all offered opportunities for attendees to learn more about exciting projects that are being implemented across the country.

Our second webinar of NASCEE’s Tuesday in the Trenches series was a hugely informative session where three representatives from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) discussed literacy and bilingual education, specifically the implementation of mother tongue-based bilingual education (MTbBE).