Directorate: Curriculum Development: General Education and Training (GET)
Director: Curriculum Development: General Education and Training (GET)
Karen Dudley
PA: Audrey Frazenburg
Tel: 021 467 2085
Fax: 021 467 2258
Address: Private Bag X9114, Cape Town 8000
Links:
- Early Childhood Development (ECD)
- Annual Teaching Plans
- Books for children: holiday and leisure-time reading
- Tips for Parents: building your children's literacy and numeracy skills at home
Documents:
Purpose:
To manage the development and coordination of GET curriculum policy frameworks, subjects, learning programmes as well as teaching and learning support.
Functions:
- To manage the development and coordination of curriculum policy frameworks, subject as well as teaching and learning support.
- To manage the development and coordination of curriculum policy frameworks in respect of ECD, FP and Intermediate and Senior Phases.
Subjects
Purpose:
To manage the development and coordination of GET curriculum policy frameworks, subjects, learning programmes as well as teaching and learning support.
Functions:
- Coordinate curriculum research and development within subjects.
- Coordinate curriculum development initiatives within the Subject context.
- Contribute to national curriculum policy development with respect to subjects.
- Monitor, support and evaluate all provincial interventions within the subject context.
- Develop policy documents, guidelines and training materials in support of subjects.
Foundation Phase
Purpose:
To manage the development and coordination of curriculum policy frameworks in respect of Foundation Phase Languages and Mathematics.
Functions:
- Coordinate curriculum research and development within Foundation Phase Mathematics and Reading strategy.
- Coordinate curriculum research and development for curriculum adaptation within Foundation Phase Mathematics & Languages in order to include learners with special needs.
- Coordinate curriculum development initiatives within the Foundation Phase context.
- Contribute to national curriculum policy development with respect to Foundation Phase Mathematics & Languages.
- Monitor, support and evaluate all provincial interventions within the Foundation Phase and Mathematics and Language context.
- Develop policy documents, guidelines and training materials in support of Foundation Phase and Mathematics and Languages.
Intermediate and Senior Phases (InterSen)
Functions:
- Coordinate curriculum research and development within the InterSen.
- Coordinate curriculum research and development for curriculum adaptation in all subjects in the Intermediate and Senior Phases (Grade 4 – 9)
- Coordinate curriculum development initiatives in the Intermediate and Senior Phases.
- Contribute to national curriculum policy development in the Intermediate and Senior Phases.
- Monitor, support and evaluate all provincial interventions in the Intermediate and Senior Phases.
- Develop policy documents, guidelines and training materials in support of all subjects in the Intermediate and Senior Phases.