University of Fort Hare Education Faculty

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Education
Welcome to the Faculty of Education at the University of Fort Hare.

DEAN’S MESSAGE

Welcome to the Faculty of Education at the University of Fort Hare. We are a dynamic and vibrant Faculty, with a diverse staff and student population. We are located on two campuses, both offering a number of initial Teacher Education, as well as continuing professional development programmes. In the Alice campus we have the School of Further and Continuing Education; and in the East London Campus the School of General and Continuing Education. We are also the home of the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development which was formally launched by the late President Nelson Mandela in 2007, placing his legacy work in rural education at his alma mater, the University of Fort Hare. It is accountable to a respected Board of Trustees, reflecting civil society, the university sector and the Department of Basic Education.

Over the last 10 years, the Faculty has experienced a quantum growth in enrolment and research productivity. This has earned it a place as one of the highest-rated of the five faculties of the University of Fort Hare; as well as nationally. As part of our pursuit of excellence, we have embarked on an exciting and innovative project; the establishment of a transdisciplinary Early Childhood Development Centre of Excellence which will be situated at the East London Campus. In this connection, we have developed a ten-year vision to establish the Centre as an internationally recognised hub of knowledge, expertise and thought leadership in the field of early childhood development. During the course of the vision development, we have interacted with and established a number of national and international partners who have expressed a keen interest in working with us. These partnerships will enhance the Faculty’s relevance in addressing national development challenges as well its internationalisation profile.

We hope that in the course of perusing our website, you will find links that will enable you to connect with relevant information and key actors, leading to enriching your experiences as we work together in excellence.

Thank you for your interest in the Faculty of Education.

Dean

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PROSPECTUS

Nelson Mandela Institute

Building sustainable rural education solutions

The Nelson Mandela Institute works with rural teachers, learners and parents to create classrooms that work for rural children.

Many schools serving rural Africa do not serve children to learn. Firstly, they are not yet set up to work. Secondly, the solutions (curriculum, teacher support) are often not well-tested or calibrated to the linguistic and socio-economic context of rural schools.
Sweating it out with rural teachers, and placing the rural child at the generative centre, the NMI creates tools and methods through which to build text-rich primary school classrooms that promote reading, writing, expression and critical thinking. We use these resources as the basis to develop teacher training systems accountable to learner achievement in classrooms.
With your support, we seek to build an internationally acclaimed teacher training institute serving teachers across the Continent, accountable to the socio-linguistic realities of rural learners.

Taking Forward Mandela’s Legacy in Education and Rural Development

Former President Mandela launched the Nelson Mandela Institute in 2007 in response to the education crisis facing rural Africa. He sought to establish a research and training institute working in close partnership with rural teachers, children and communities, to build sustainable solutions to the problems facing education in rural Africa.
Based in the rural Eastern Cape, attached to Mandela’s alma mater the University of Fort Hare, the NMI was launched to work with rural teachers, children and parents to create sustainable solutions to education serving rural Africa.

Invest in Mandela’s Legacy in Rural Education

Support the NMI by making a tax-deductible donation.

Contact Us:

Address all correspondence should be addressed to:

Manager: Faculty of Education, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa
Tel: 040-602 2410/12 Fax: 040-602 2448
or
Faculty of Education, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X 9083, East London 5200, South Africa
Tel: 043-7047186/7218 Fax: 043 704 7113
Email: nmagocoba@ufh.ac.za

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