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Thank you for your commitment to building thinking and harnessing potential.
Basic Concepts are that foundational words that children use to understand their world.
A huge thank you to our teacher-mediators and partners
Strong Impact, Growing Confidence, Clear Path Forward
Discover the remarkable progress made by the Basic Concepts Foundation in 2025.
2025 was a year of big steps, bold ideas, and incredible partnerships
End of year teacher feedback
The numbers matter—but the real impact is in the confidence & thinking we see growing in classrooms each day.
Teachers at the Edendale Primary school in Manenberg have completed their training in the Basic Concepts Programme.
31 December 2026
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The course was very helpful to me as a teacher, excellent and exciting, because it opened my mind … how to integrate basic concept in all learning areas. It also showed that children should not be limited and their understanding should be developed step-by-step.

Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)
INTSHAYELELO PRIMARY

I had an idea what the course would be like, but it was much more than what I had expected.

Metro Central Training: WCED (February, 2015)

The emphasis on language throughout the programme helps to develop learners' understanding of concepts and expand their vocabulary. The BCP stops learners from guessing, it gives them more structure and develops their cognitive functioning.

Metro Central Teacher Comment (July 2013)

This is an excellent programme that can benefit any learner or educator.

Metro Central (2013): Training
Metro Central Education District

Thank you very much for the training. We learnt so much from you and how to run the programme... This was interesting and we really enjoyed it.

Kwena Basic Education Trust

The BCP is about the way we talk to the children in class and how we give lessons in class. How we should introduce a topic to the children and mediate with them.

Northern Cape Project (Phase 2, 2020-2021): Training Feedback