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Building research capacity in higher
education: A major component of
this focus area comprises the Postdoctoral
Fellowships awarded each year. In 2013, 98
Fellowships were supported.
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Supporting innovation in schooling: The
Foundation seeks innovative school projects
that are capable of making an impact and
going to scale through replication of their
model by others or through co-investment
from the state. The state, where possible,
should be encouraged to support the project
and take ultimate ownership of the model in
the medium- to long-term.
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ECD – building the foundation:
Early Childhood Development (ECD) is without
doubt the most neglected sector in the
entire education system. Formal state
coverage of the 1- 6 age group is very low,
and so the new focus of innovative ECD NGOs
is to focus on non-centre based provision,
primarily through supporting parents
(mothers) and the family (older siblings) to
provide a conducive environment for ECD to
succeed.
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In defence of democracy:
this entails the fight against corruption,
threats to the constitution, restrictions on
press freedom, and political intolerance of
open debate on contentious issues. It also
includes attempts to enable ordinary people
to access and achieve their basic
socio-economic rights as defined by the
South African Constitution.
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Building opportunities for
post-school youth: the issue of
accessing the first job is the most central
challenge facing unemployed post-school
youth. Failure to access the first job has
the power to condemn young people into
permanent unemployment. |
