Case til gruppearbejde om Best Practice rating

1. Case tilgruppearbejdeomBest Practice rating National Environmental Education Project for General Education and Training (NEEP – GET)

2. Ibis bruger erfaringer fra Angola • Sydafrikanske uddannelsesminister Khader Asmal på studietur til Ibis’ miljøundervisnings- projekter i Namibia • Asmal ønsker tilsvarende program i Sydafrika og kontakter miljøminister Svend Auken • DANCED/Danida giver 32 millioner sydafrikanske rand til National Environmental Education Program for General Education and Training (NEEP GET)

3. Tværgående principper • Rights-based approach: In support of the constitution of South Africa, which enshrines the right of South African citizens to an environment which is not harmful to their health or well-being, and to sustainable management and utilization of South Africa’s resources • Participatory approach: Involvement and professional development of 600 Curriculum Staff across the country • Sustainability: Inclusion of environment as one out of five principles in the South African school law

4. NEEP GET målsætninger • The National Environmental Education Project for General Education and Training (NEEP-GET) supports the Government of South Africa in the promotion of sustainable living through the implementation of Environmental education in the GET band. The commitment of the Government to this ideal is evidenced by its inclusion in the Constitution as well as the signing of Agenda 21. • The Project therefore seeks to ensure that environmental education is integrated throughout the General Education and Training (GET) band and to build capacity in the provinces to implement environmental education in their schools. This will be done by supporting the implementation of environmental learning through C2005.

5. 7 outputs • Undertaking initiatives to integrate environmental learning in the curriculum for the GET band • Implementation of a professional development programme for provincial environmental education co-ordinators to facilitate, extend and sustain the process of enabling provincial and district CS staff to integrate environmental learning in their work • Implementation of a professional development programme for provincial and district Curriculum Support staff to facilitate, extend and sustain the integration of environmental learning in schools

6. 7 outputs (continued) • Implementation of a professional development programme for teachers to support them with the integration of environmental learning in the learning areas • Development and production of guideline documents and resource materials to support the integration of environmental learning • Influence pre-teacher education regarding environmental learning • Improvement of co-ordination of school-focussed environmental learning initiatives at national and provincial level

7. NEEP GET history 2001 1st half 2001 • Chief Technical Advisor and administrative office established at Dep. Of Education in Pretoria • 2 Technical Advisors appointed in two focal provinces 2nd half 2001 • Technical Advisors appointed • Coordinators appointed • Staff orientation Streamlining and strengthening of Curriculum 2005

8. NEEP GET history 2002 1st half 2002 • Formative Monitoring & Evaluation team appointed • Cluster meetings begin in most provinces • Start-up materials produced

9. NEEP GET history 2002 2nd half 2002 • Draft Revised National Curriculum Statement released • Environmental Education & Human Rights Stakeholder meeting • NEEP GET submission to “National Curriculum Statement for Grades R9” (NCS-R9) • 3 TA’s resign & 2 new TA’s appointed • NCS (R-9) policy documents released • World Summit on Sustainable Development (September 2002)

10. NEEP GET history 2003 1st half 2003 • Project re-oriented towards NCS (R-9) • Teacher guidelines for NCS (R-9) released • HIV/AIDS workshop (January) • Denmark Study Tour (January) • NEEP staff meeting (March 3-7) • 8 Environment & Learning Area booklets developed (draft versions) • Foundation Phase booklet developed & 1000 copies released in draft form • HEDCOM meeting on co-ordinators roles

11. NEEP GET history 2003 2nd half 2003 • NEEP-GET Portfolio Guidelines released • NEEP-GET colloquium • Participation in Foundation Phase • Training for RNCS

12. NEEP GET 2004 1st half 2004 • 2 South African TA’s leave (1 redundancy + 1 resignation) • EEASA Conference • Intermediate phase training documents developed

13. NEEP GET history 2004 2nd half 2004 • Participation in Intermediate phase training and monitoring • Planning for senior phase training begins in some provinces. • Staff involved in writing up of project outputs with FM&E team. • Eight booklets sharing lessons learned are produced.

14. NEEP GET 2004 Ultimo 2004 • Project ends • An extension proposal for mainstreaming of NEEP-GET outputs at national level is accepted and funded by Danida • Proposal does not involve co-ordinators • UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development • Draft International Implementation Scheme released

15. Achievement of Immediate Objective • Environmental learning is integrated throughout the curriculum for General Education and Training • Two provinces have the capacity to implement environmental learning in participating districts and schools, thus providing a foundation for expanding environmental learning to all other districts and schools • Six other provinces have increased capacity to implement environmental learning in schools.

16. …achieved through… • School law influenced to include environment as one of five fundamental principles • Professional development of 600 curriculum support staff in eight provinces • Materials for teachers produced in each subject taught in South African schools