Community Rooted Education (CoRE) South Africa

In April 2021, Indaba Institute (II) successfully piloted the first EsF Community Rooted Education (CoRE) training programme in Africa in collaboration with the local government, recognised educational investors and important NGO partners from the local and international community as a Proof of Concept to make quality education accessible to underserved communities. Using fundamental Montessori principles and practices to follow the child, CoRE training cultivates a greater understanding of a child’s developmental needs and the co-construction of learning materials using local resources to prepare a low-cost, developmentally-supportive classroom environment that serves the needs of each, individual child in context.