Schools Project

Background

Schools provide an environment where these issues can be explored, tested and practised in a meaningful way. They are also a spring board into broader society and thus have the potential to multiply the impact of the lessons learned by young people taking them home with them and into their broader communities, youth groupsand sports clubs.

Whistleblowing: Teaching and Learning .
Life Orientation Grade 8 Learning Outcome 2 Social Development

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Schools Competition 2010

The programme is being implemented in collaboration with the Department of Education. It is aimed at Grade 8 learners, as part of Life orientation studies. The programme will expose learners to the challenges associated with democracy, accountability, transparency and corruption. It creates an opportunity for learners to develop the capacity they need to be effective democratic citizens.

Learners will participate in an essay competition in which they will be able to demonstrate their understanding of the programme and its content. For this year, focus is on two provinces; Northern Cape and Free State.

Report back to 2010: Schools project

The programme was implemented in the Northern Cape Province in 2010. Even though the Northern Cape is geographically the biggest province in South Africa, it has only five districts. It is also characterized by more rural areas. Irrespective of this challenge ODAC managed to reach all schools in the province.

The programme was rolled out to 267 schools in the province.

An award ceremony was hosted in the province for participating schools.

(Workshop with Educators in the Northern Cape)

Award ceremony in the Northern Cape (2010)