OUR MOTIVATION: Early Childhood Education (ECE), in years 1 to 9, lays a foundation for all education to follow, and for future success in life. For this reason, the quality of ECE is important.
OUR VISION: Schools and teachers who offer quality ECE and act as agents of change, preparing children to be confident, empowered, and able to deal with the challenges of the future.
OUR MISSION: To bring about whole-school transformation to deliver quality ECE and child-centred development, especially in marginalised communities.
OUR METHODS: Our methods of teaching and learning emphasize creativity and problem solving in a joyful atmosphere. For more details, See the pages on “What We Do” and “News”.
OUR PROJECTS: Our core projects are three-year programmes of workshops that develop schools’ and teachers’ capacity to deliver quality ECE. For more details see the pages on “Projects” and “Annual Reports” and “News”.
OUR STATUS AND SCOPE: We are a registered non-profit organization (NPO Registration: 220-868; Section 18A number: 9423926188) working in ECE, currently in Western, Eastern and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa. Africa A+ Schools is a member of the international A+ Schools network.
We have recently updated the ‘The A+ Approach’ page as of June 2026
Quotes from participants in our recent workshop. ‘What has changed since you joined A+ training?’
My thoughts have changed.
I have build more confidence and, I started to believe in myself.
It gave me the spirit that I can be a teacher to the children and loving one another.
I am a better person.
There is a lot I have learnt because when starting here I didn’t know a thing.
I have learned so many things that I never could have thought of.
I have learned a lot and have also learned to give children opportunities to be creative.
Positief te dink (Think positively).
My critical thinking evolved and expanded.
Jy kom leeg en jy gaan weg altyd vol (You come empty and you always go away full]).
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