About Us

As a teacher in-service training and support organisation which has been active in education for over twenty years, the PSP aims to improve the quality of teaching and learning in South African primary schools in the critical fields of Mathematics & Numeracy, Natural Sciences & Environment, Language & Literacy development and Social Sciences.

The PSP is a registered Trust and a South African non-profit organisation (NPO), governed by a Board of Trustees, and works in the most disadvantaged communities of the Western Cape, South Africa, providing comprehensive and ongoing support to primary school teachers.

Our Vision & Mission

PSP's Vision is excellent primary schooling for all South Africa's children, where all educators are highly skilled, committed and confident, and are well prepared and resourced to teach.

The Communities we Serve

The PSP works in schools that serve the most disadvantaged communities in the Western Cape, a province that reflects the dramatic extremes of wealth and poverty in South Africa.

PSP’s Position & Approach to Education

The PSP has positioned itself close to the ground, investing its energies in making a constructive contribution to processes of curriculum policy interpretation on the one hand and curriculum implementation on the other hand.

Meet the Team

The PSP staff consists of a team of highly skilled and experienced classroom practitioners who are qualified education specialists in the fields of science, language, mathematics and the environment, as well as an experienced management team.

From January 2012, the PSP welcomes its new Director, Zorina Dharsey, as the new head of the organisation!

Our History

1983

The Primary Science Programme (PSP) is initiated by Mrs. Anne Griffiths and established as a project of the Urban Foundation, Cape Town.

Anne had identified critical shortcomings in primary science education in the schools run by the Department of Education and Training, responsible for African education throughout South Africa.