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About Knysna Education Trust

Change Through Education

Find Out More About Our Team, Which Is Making A Difference By Changing The Lives Of Children Through Early Childhood Development.

KET’s overarching vision is to ensure all children in our municipal region are thriving and ready for school by the age of 6 years old. This means they are well-nourished, healthy, safe, and meeting their developmental milestones (including emotional, physical, social, and cognitive).

The Knysna Education Trust is an NPO based in the Garden Route in South Africa. KET has passionately serviced the Early Childhood Development needs of children aged 0-6 years since 1993.

ECD is a key driver for social development and the wellbeing of communities in South Africa. Financial constraints make communities like those in rural and semi-urban areas particularly vulnerable. We create opportunities for access to high-quality ECD programmes for all children in our area, empowering them to make the most of their formal schooling to break the cycle of poverty.

A smiling child. KET’s children’s charity is making a difference in the lives of children and teachers through ECD programmes
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.

To fulfil our Vision, KET will:

A certificate showing KET provides SETA-accredited ECD training to student teachers

Provide ECD and Aftercare facility registration support, upgrades, and management training;

The numbers 1, 2, 3 showing KET’s numeracy project in Africa, which helps children understand mathematical concepts

Offer a bespoke ECD curriculum (CAPS- and NELS- aligned) with a strong focus on literacy (FONIX) and numeracy development (NUMBA);

Letter blocks A, B, C arranged in a triangle showing KET’s literacy project in Africa, the FONIX programme

Provide accredited ECD training and ongoing practitioner development to ensure teachers are competent and responsive to children’s cognitive, physical, social and emotional development needs;

A knife, fork, and plate, showing KET’s feeding scheme and nutritional support for physical development of children in Africa

Provide sustainability activities to ECD facilities, such as on-site ECD programme implementation and quality control, on-the-job training, and psycho-social emotional support for ECD practitioners;

A wallet, showing KET provides financial support for children’s education, such as Adopt a Child’s Education

Facilitate access to ECD facilities for children from poor families through bursaries support;

A clipboard and a pencil showing KET’s support for ECD facilities in meeting government registration requirements

Implement feeding schemes in vulnerable ECD facilities to support children’s healthy physical development and emotional wellbeing;

The 1000 number, showing KET’s focus on the importance of a child’s first 1000 days in a child’s early childhood development

Mentor principals to enable practitioners in their role and develop meaningful relationships with the parents, with the aim to embed the facility as a community asset;

Provide parent engagement training to principals and practitioners to empower parents with the knowledge and skills to support the child’s development in the home;

A screen showing KET’s support to ECD facilities in implementing electronic document storage for ECD registration

Advocate with communities and caregivers for the value of ECD, as well as participate in national advocacy efforts to ensure that universal ECD services become institutionalised in South Africa.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.
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Nearly 50% of children aged 0-5 don’t access any ECD programme

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Only 16% of South African Grade 3 children are performing at an appropriate Grade 3 mathematics level

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Only 1 in 4 children read for meaning by Grade 4