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Appointment opportunities as advertised

26 February 2013

The Bitou 10 Education and Development Foundation, a 12-year old NPO and Section 21 Company, is an exciting initiative built around a cluster of 10 schools in the Bitou region and contributes meaningfully to local, regional, national and...

Congratulations are due

14 February 2013

Both Wittedrift High and Plett Secondary need to be congratulated on their encouraging 2012 Grade 12 results.

Wittedrift achieved yet another 100 percent pass rate while Plett Sec recorded a greatly improved 85.6 percent pass - well done to...

Our work with the WCED

14 February 2013

In late August 2012 we and our WCED ECP team colleagues made a presentation to the Eden | Central Karoo District team. Next followed a mid December review of our programmes, along with 2013 to 2015 planning, with the ECP team and our ECD partner...

Afterschool Activities kick off

14 February 2013

Together with Lunchbox Theatre we have kicked off the year with new classes, more kids and a new school in the programme. Through the dance and drama classes we offer we are able to give children the opportunity to grow, learn, and develop. And...

School Readiness Criteria for Bitou

15 February 2013

Here in Bitou we are committed to action - collaborative action - to prove our children’s true potential when given the right opportunities; and these opportunities begin with adequate school readiness skills.

As a result of our successful...

Learner Support for Inclusive Education

15 February 2013

Unless ongoing, comprehensive programmes tackling our children’s learning needs are vigorously and purposefully pursued, we will all be guilty of educational neglect; our current and below par Literacy and Numeracy rates will not be...

Thank you to our sponsors

15 February 2013

Our heartfelt thanks to the caring individuals and companies whose unsolicited donations inevitably take us by surprise!

Investec Bank gave us a welcome lift at the end of last year, our most sincere thanks

On being successful in their bid for a...

Our ongoing need for funding

15 February 2013

Be a vital player in the education solution: help us and our team of partners to give Bitou’s children options better than life devoid of meaningful education - life without hope or prospect of anything more than relegation to society’s...

B10F and WCED tackle the Inclusive Education Challenge

22 August 2012

Inclusive Education (IE) requires “maximising the participation of all learners in the culture and curriculum of educational institutions and uncovering and minimising barriers to learning. An Inclusive Education and Training System is...

The Bitou 10 Foundation Statement on our Programmes of 2011

13 January 2012

The Bitou 10 Foundation (B10F), a developmental education NGO working in a cluster of 11 schools in greater Plettenberg Bay, has successfully implemented the year’s programmes in our schools in collaboration with the Western Education...

Spring 2011

2 September 2011

Welcome to our quarterly update, the spring edition. It’s hard to believe that 2011 is fast nearing its end; in the meanwhile though here’s what we’ve been up to in the third quarter:

Interschool Magazine

Our learners’ interest in, and...

Summer 2011

10 December 2011

Welcome to our Christmas update, the last for 2011. Although our work is never done, we are delighted to report on our year’s progress and activities:

The first 9 months of our new model

In June we launched our new school support model...