The Sandbox Schools Project is an ambitious multi-year initiative that involves setting up a ‘laboratory’ for trialling approaches to develop competencies for a changing world in South African public schools. The vision of the Sandbox is to test these teaching and learning practices within the context of a ‘typical’ public school, along with existing resource constraints and challenges, in order to gather substantial evidence on which practices and models are best suited to the South African schooling system.
The intention of Sandbox Schools initiative is to boldly explore and drive the transformation agenda in education, and it is specifically designed to assist the education sector to respond to the demands of this changing world. As the pilot progresses, the evidence and learnings collected will be made available to the Department of Basic Education, sector stakeholders and civil society.
For a more detailed rationale and description of the Sandbox initiative, see Part 1 and Part 2 of an introductory series.
About the NECT
The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) is an organisation dedicated to improving education in South Africa, by strengthening partnerships between civil society and government. With cross-sectoral governance spanning government, business, labour & civil society, the NECT is uniquely positioned to identify, enable and fast-track change.
About the EdHub
The EdHub is the innovation unit of the NECT, with a mandate to design and drive education innovation. The EdHub’s mission is to change education through smart innovation.
The Sandbox Blog 
Well done, Shirley and the team – I have learned a lot and I hope that we shall be able to send you a similar blog soonest…
Regards
Ria de Villiers E3
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Thank you, Ria! We are looking forward to learning from E3 as well.
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