NQF RESEARCH CONFERENCE

NQF RESEARCH CONFERENCE:

"COMMUNICATION, COORDINATION, COLLABORATION FOR TRAINING IN EDUCATION, TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT AND

WORK“

JUNE, 2010

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Designation

SUPPORTING ACCESS THROUGH

PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

• The quality of built environments can enhance learning, health and productivity – and the converse.

• The CSIR has a long history of research and development, and the production of guidelines, on how the physical infrastructure of schools can be improved in order to support the quality of education.

• The two CSIR abstracts summarise work in school planning, design and maintenance.

Gibberd, Abbott, de Jager, Wall

CSIR SUPPORT, THROUGH PLANNING, DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE OF THE

SCHOOL BUILT ENVIRONMENT, OF QUALITY

OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING.

The CSIR has, over many years:• Undertaken research on education and

community buildings and spaces, disseminating the findings of this in guidelines, workshops and papers.

• Provided specialist advice to educational establishments, business, education planners, design consultants and government.

• Worked with communities and business in the design and development of facilities that support learning.

Exemplar Guidelines

• The whole school• Classrooms• Learning resources

centres• Multi-purpose specialist

teaching areas• Staff accommodation

Space Category(Primary)

Area per FTE

N&S (lo) N&S (hi)

General Teaching 1.0 1.2

Specialist Teaching 0.1 0.3

Learning Area 0.4 0.6

Non-teaching Area 0.3 0.5

Balance 0.4 0.6

SUBTOTAL 2.2 3.2

Area Analysis Report

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

N&S (low) N&S (high)

Space Planning Norms and Standards for Primary Schools

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BalanceNon-teaching AreaLearning AreaSpec ialist TeachingGeneral Teaching

• Developed for national Department of Public Works

• Assessed space use in a wide variety of school designs

• Developed space norms and standards for school buildings

• Ensure the balance between inclusion, education quality, cost and efficiency

School Space Norms and Standards

• Detailed evaluation of school buildings including: maintenance, functional performance, operational costs, occupant comfort, health and safety

• Assessment methodology• Indicators systems for

use by school management and provincial and national physical planning departments

School Infrastructure Performance Indicator System (SIPIS)

School design guidelines

1

2 3

4

• Designs for rural schools in Limpopo, Zambia and Kenya

• Emerging / community builders• Daylight• Admin and teacher support• Access to ICT• Thermal comfort• Flexible and adaptable • Local materials• Indoor and outdoor learning spaces• Cost effective• Gardens• Water • Sanitation

Modular School Designs for Limpopo ‘Kit of parts approach’

Thuba Makote: Schools as centres of community development

• Develop and pilot new approaches to school building design, construction and operation.

• Support development in the surrounding community and accommodate a changing education environment.

• 9 Schools: one each province.• R57million govt budget, +/- R10-

15million additional from private sector.

PREMIS : Maintenance Systems

MENTORED EMERGENT ENTREPRENEURS TO

MAINTAIN SCHOOLS TOILETS -- A PROMISING PILOT FOR

SCHOOL SUPPORT.

Kevin Wall

The state of the infrastructure

SAICE report card 2006SAICE report card 2006

Many school toilets look like this

Two pillars of improvement:

• Capacity building, yes; skills development, yes – AND

• Strong incentive structure –within a new institutional concept.

Franchisor

Franchisee 1 Franchisee 2

Health and hygiene education

Hand washing and hand sanitizing practice

Explain to learners correct usage of toilets and good hygiene practices

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