Quality pre-school education for all
Hello, we are Siphakeme
We are a Non-Profit and Public Benefit Organisition, offering a creative, relevant, comprehensive and measurable training programme for pre-school educators, in the ECD sector.
About Us
Established in 2012
The primary aim of Siphakeme is to enhance the quality of pre-school education through empowering and training pre-school educators from under-resourced backgrounds in the greater Pietermaritzburg area.
We offer two courses:
Educare, which offers guidance for setting up and running a creche or preschool for children from birth to 5 years of age
NQF Level 4 Course which is registered with SAQA (ID 58761).]
Vission
Our Vision
“Quality pre-school education for all”
Developing foundational skills at the grassroots level for our teachers directly impacts the wider community through educational upliftment. This impacts societal and socio-economic opportunities.
We’re passionate about delivering comprehensive and developmental skills to our students.
Mission
Our Mission
Is to enhance the quality of pre-school education through empowering and training pre-school educators from under-resourced backgrounds in the greater Pietermaritzburg area.
To achieve this there needs to be a multifaceted approach including adequately trained teachers and practitioners for ECD.
Siphakeme Students in training
We aim to enhance the quality of pre-school education through empowering and training pre-school educators from under-resourced backgrounds.
Total Educare Students
Total Level 4 Students
Classes
Children Benefitted
Siphakeme News
EDUCARE TRAINING COURSE – PART-TIME – OVER 1 YEAR START 1 MARCH 2021 – REGISTER NOW Course includes: *Understanding the developmental stages of child development *Setting up the environment with suitable resources *The facilitation of the holistic development of...
Waste2Toys Workshops with Singakwenza
In October and November Singakwenza ran two workshops for our Educare students. Common recyclable materials were used to make simple toys and equipment for gross motor and fine motor development in pre-school children. Understanding the physical development of...
Our New Website
We have a brand new website to help us tell the world about Siphakeme. We needed a new website so that we could tell our story and give people an easy way to donate towards the important work we are doing. It is also responsive as you can see in the image above it...
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Please help us educate our nation.
Siphakeme kindly asks for your donation to train teachers in providing Quality Pre-school Education for our nation.