Brief descriptions of CSI in school leadership.

The Old Mutual Education Flagship Project (OMEFP), a national education initiative started in 2013 to invest R350 million over seven years into under-resourced schools in key provinces. The overarching goal of the Old Mutual Education Flagship Project (OMEFP) is to increase the number of bachelor passes (university entrance) of Grade 12 learners who have maths and science in their subject choice. By doing so, the number of students who access university education increases, with the end result of more professional skills in the economy.

 In 2003 the GMSAF launched the Learning Schools Initiative which integrates a number of school improvement approaches, programmes and tools contextualised within a whole school evaluation and whole school development process. Central to this process is the question ‘what does it take to bring about meaningful and sustainable school transformation and development in South Africa?’

Effective leadership has consistently been identified as the key characteristic of a good school. In addition, leadership quality is a vital determinant of the extent to which schools are considered to be successful, not just in terms of outcomes, but also with respect to how they provide an educational environment that nurtures and develops the ‘whole’ student.

This article from Partners for Possibility outlines why investing in the development of school principals is essential in improving the South African education system.