We were excited to have Brian Ramadiro, Deputy Director of the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development, give the keynote address at ITEC’s Annual General Meeting in September.
Brian’s powerful talk resonated with everyone in the room. He spoke of the enduring link between early literacy, poverty, and social inequality in modern South Africa. Brian sketched out some of the almost intractable systemic challenges that hinder young learners, and called on us all to strengthen our resolve, and become more imaginative in our proposed solutions to the issues. His talk is available for download here.
Despite the gravity of Brian’s talk, we remembered the child in all of us. Each group of people built a LEGO model of Brian’s key points. The picture gallery below shows some of the scenes from a memorable AGM.
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- Brian Ramadiro giving his keynote address
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- Our Chairperson, Greg Webb, congratulates a staff member on her long service at ITEC
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- Caroll Warmberg, MD of ITEC, reporting on ITEC’s performance over the past year
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- Our Auditors reported on how we spent our money
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- Creating a LEGO’model’ of some of Brian’s key points
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- The ITEC AGM
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- The ITEC AGM
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- Listening intently
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- The ITEC AGM. ITEC staff dressed in traditional clothes to celebrate Heritage Day.
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- The ITEC AGM
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- Listening intently
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- Serious topics, but room for fun
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- Building a model with LEGO
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- Fun, but serious thinking while building a LEGO model
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- Building a LEGO model
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- Building a LEGO model
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- Building a LEGO model
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- Building a LEGO model
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- Reporting on the group’s reaction to Brian’s talk
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- One of the LEGO models depicting the inequalities in the education system
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- Explaining the group’s LEGO model
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- Building a LEGO model
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- Building a LEGO model
