JET has three divisions namely: Youth and Community Development (YCD), Education Evaluation and Research Division (EERD) and School Improvement Division (SID).

The activities for each of the divisions is as follows:

YCD:

Providing technical Support to... <show more>

JET has three divisions namely: Youth and Community Development (YCD), Education Evaluation and Research Division (EERD) and School Improvement Division (SID).

The activities for each of the divisions is as follows:

YCD:

Providing technical Support to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to enhance planning and monitoring in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector;

• Demonstrating models of interventions to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning in Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges;

• Working with industry to secure workplace learning opportunities for FET College learners, either during the course of their studies or post-qualification, in order to enhance their employability;

• Demonstrating models of youth livelihood development with FET Colleges in

impoverished areas;

• Providing strategic research to support knowledge development in the VET sector.

EERD:

• Assisting with providing insights into the best paths for education development in South Africa;

• Providing enlightened and far-seeing intellectual leadership in education research both internal to JET as well as to others in the wider society interested in education development;

• Establishing highly productive, strategic relationships with universities and partners in industry, government and civil society;

• Securing funding to support education development and research programmes.

SID:

• Designing and implementing education development demonstration projects focusing on school improvement.

• Providing education improvement tools and strategies for schools and their communities.

• Developing the education planning task with a view to improving the planning function in the education subsystems, namely education departments, districts, circuits and schools.