The primary focus of our Teacher Development curriculum is the art and craft of teaching itself. This is often overlooked but we believe, as in any other vocation, that it takes extensive practice and focus to perfect one’s skills as an educator.

Our development model draws strategically on the skills of practitioners from Lebone and RBI, alongside superb teachers in our other schools. These individuals are employed to transfer these skills in the areas in which they excel, thus creating a rich reservoir of promise for aspiring new teachers and experienced practitioners.

This core competency is vital for improving subject-specific skills and understanding and the creation of a broader culture of learning across our schools.

Akanyang Centre for Teaching (ACT)

ACT is a teacher education centre which prides itself on its Student Teacher Internship Programme. The programme mentors students in areas such as initial teacher education training, offers Continuous Professional Teacher Development to Department of Education educators and graduate interns whom RBI has included as part of its ambassadorship enterprise, and provides holistic support to students in the greater Bafokeng community and broader South Africa.

Achievements

  • 2016 to date: ACT became an official learning site, and an in-person examination centre for the North West University (NWU) Unit for Distance Learning (UODL) for Bachelor of Education (BEd) students.
  • 2016 to 2022: NWU UODL BEd students using Akanyang as a Study Centre achieved 90%
  • 2020 to date: ACT became an official learning site, and an in-person examination centre for North West University UODL BEd students
  • 2020 to date: ACT became an in-person examination centre for NWU UODL BSc IT and Human Resource Development in Rustenburg
  • 2022: NWU confers RBI Official UODL Learning Support Centre (LSC), catering for UODL BEd and Gr R Diploma

Quality assurance

As an ISO 9000 company, we strive for high standards and a professional approach to our work. All our programmes are either accredited or are in the process of being accredited. We believe that this is important because it shows the community that our interventions are of a high standard, and that the skills acquired can be transferred to other professional environments. Accreditation also affords us the opportunity to access state funding and to position RBI as a serious service provider in the skills provision market.

Useful links

Funza Lushaka bursary

Distance Education Qualifications at North-West University (NWU)