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Parent Power Schools Challenge update

On 6 August, the four schools chosen for the Parent Power Schools Challenge started activating in different parts of the country.

To date, these schools have held multiple workshops for parents in their schools, using the Parent Power Activation card as a guide.

We are proud and happy to see that these schools have been actively ensuring they engage their parents on the importance of their children's education.

We look forward to seeing what more will come in the following months.
Nexus primary school Ramakgotho Primary School Thoka primary school.

Parent Power Activation Card domains 📚

Domain 5:

▪️Parent Power: Parents must have the power to ensure that their children experience high-quality education. This section allows you to engage with whether you feel powerful in your engagement with your child’s school, and able to represent their interests fully.

Parent Power aims to elevate parents as powerful actors in their children’s education journey.

🔗Visit our website to download and read more about the activation card.


Department of Basic Education South Africa

Parent Power Activation Card domains 📚

The Parent Power Activation Card is a tool to understand the overall parental experience at your child’s school. It focuses on five domains that we believe contribute sustainably to a quality experience of education in a school.

Domain 3:
▪️Confidence in principals: It is important to feel confident with the school your child attends and the quality of education your child receives. This section gives you the opportunity to think about how confident you are in the school leadership and teachers of your child’s school.

Domain 4:
▪️Knowledge of school: Having knowledge of the school your child attends guides you in understanding the quality of education your child receives. This section is an opportunity to reflect on what you know about the school and the potential areas you may need to get further information on.

🔗Visit our website to download and read more about the activation card.

[Parent Power Schools Challenge]

We are excited to announce that after thorough interviews, we’ve landed with four schools that will participate in the Schools Challenge 🥳📚

These schools have shown great interest in parental engagement and involvement, and we are excited to have them on this journey with us.

The schools participating in the challenge are:

⚪️ Bonteheuwel High School - Western Cape
⚪️ Ramakgotho Primary School- Limpopo
⚪️ Nexus Primary School - Free State
⚪️ Thoka Primary School - Limpopo

connect with us to see their journey over the coming months 📚📚

[op-ed] It’s time to recognise that parents are powerful actors in education

With the appointment of the new Basic of Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, the education ecosystem has its eyes open to see how she will shift and implement strategies that aim to escalate the country's education system from what it's been.

In a TV interview she had shortly after her appointment, Gwarube assured parents that her department would focus on its core mandate rather than politics.

In the article above, Parent Power's Project Lead, Andisiwe Hlungwane, pens down the realities of parents in South Africa and how much power they have in schools to actively participate in their children’s education. In doing so, she reflects on the findings from the first nationally representative household survey commissioned by Parent Power to understand education through the eyes of parents and to develop a baseline for how parents experience and perceive quality education.

visit our website to find out more about the household survey, and read the full article here: https://shorturl.at/kVzvp