This article covers details about Eastern Cape Education Department (ECDOE) and provides guidance to parents seeking to enroll their children at Eastern cape education institutions (schools) and other education-based services provided in Eastern cape province. It also gives insights on bursaries, Job vacancies, and other opportunities by ECDOE.
About Eastern Cape Education Department
The vision of the Eastern-Cape Department of Education is to offer a quality education and training system that transforms schools into centres of community life and promotes shared moral values, good governance and sustainable development.
Its mission is to provide quality education for sustainable development by providing socially relevant and economically responsive programmes that address the human resource needs of the province and the country; enhancing the skills base for agrarian transformation, manufacturing diversification and tourism in order to meet the needs of the second economy; providing quality programmes to build the capacity of all employees; and encouraging participatory decision-making processes that strive to empower the whole community at all levels.
The following are the strategic goals of the Department: access to basic education, and equity in opportunity and educational achievement for all learners regardless of race, gender, disability, geographical location and socio-economic status; empowerment of all learners to become responsible citizens through equipping them with skills, knowledge and values; improved quality of teaching and learning at all educational institutions; improved institutional efficiency through enhanced management systems and integrated service delivery; economic, effective, efficient and equitable resourcing within the education system; and cohesive and sustainable communities built through cooperation with all stakeholders in education.
Mission
To achieve the vision, we will:
- Implement appropriate and relevant educational programmes through quality teaching and learning
- Mobilise community and stakeholder support through participation
- Institutionalise a culture of accountability at all levels of the Department.
Values
The letters of the acronym “EDUCATION” are employed as the first letters of the eight (8) values:
- Empathy
- Dignity
- Unity
- Confidence
- Access
- Trust
- Integrity
- Ownership
- Nation
Eastern Cape Dpt. of Education Contacts
Tel: +27 (0)40 608 4200
Fax: +27 (0)40 608 4040
Email: webteam@ecdoe.gov.za(link sends e-mail)
Online contact form
Physical address: Steve Tshwete Education Complex, Zone 6, Zwelitsha (map to the office)
Postal Address: Private Bag X0032, Bhisho, 5605
Website: www.ecdoe.gov.za
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