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Jo Besford

@jbesford

*Quality education for all*
Developing local solutions for global education issues. Director @GreenShootsEdu

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🎉 Celebrating learners = building belief. MCO Lead Practitioners are using real-time feedback to spotlight success in Maths—and it’s changing how learners see themselves. 📊 It’s not just data. It’s transformation. #MathsConfidence #CelebrateProgress #MCOImpact

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📊 Progress you can see. Action you can take. Principals & district leaders are tracking real-time learner data—from Maths scores to Brain Quest activity—on the MCO dashboard. When leadership meets insight, learner progress follows. #LearnerProgress #DataInformed #EdTech

📊 Progress you can see. Action you can take.
Principals & district leaders are tracking real-time learner data—from Maths scores to Brain Quest activity—on the MCO dashboard.
When leadership meets insight, learner progress follows.
 #LearnerProgress #DataInformed #EdTech
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🚀 That’s the power of consistent practice & real-time feedback. Learners are building confidence in Maths and seeing their marks go up! #MathsConfidence #LearnGrowExcel #MathsForAll

🚀 That’s the power of consistent practice & real-time feedback.
Learners are building confidence in Maths and seeing their marks go up!
#MathsConfidence #LearnGrowExcel #MathsForAll
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🇿🇦 On #YouthDay, we honour the youth of 1976 — and every young South African who is rewriting their future today. Confidence is growing. Attitudes are shifting. And the next generation is stepping into possibility. #1976toNow #SAYouth #ResilientGeneration

🇿🇦 On #YouthDay, we honour the youth of 1976 — and every young South African who is rewriting their future today.
Confidence is growing. Attitudes are shifting. And the next generation is stepping into possibility.

#1976toNow #SAYouth #ResilientGeneration
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From strong foundations to sharper skills. Today, Grade 8 & 9 learners—already shining in primary school Maths—are building on that progress at an MCN Maths Bootcamp, proudly supported by Remgro. #MathsStars #Remgro #FutureInMaths

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How do you shift Maths from a fear to a future? Green Shoots is doing just that—supporting 750+ schools across SA with real-time data, learner-centred tools, and deep partnerships. 🎥 Watch the story youtube.com/watch?v=RbZJth… #MathsForAll #EdTech #SouthAfrica

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92 million Maths answers by Term 2. 400K+ learners rewriting the story of Maths in SA. 💬 “I thought I couldn’t do it—now I know I can.” This is what engaged, resilient learning looks like. #MathsIsForMe #GreenShootsSA #EducationReimagined

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This #MandelaDay we honour Madiba’s dream: “It always seems impossible until it is done.” Learners across SA—farm schools, townships, city centres—are tackling Maths with courage, support, and belief. ✨ This is the South Africa he dreamed of. #EducationForChange #MandelaLegacy

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Welcome back, learners and schools! The first half of 2025 saw millions of Maths questions answered and growing confidence across classrooms. Term 3 is a new chance to push further, dream bigger, and own your progress. Let’s go! 💪📚 #Term3 #MathsConfidence

Welcome back, learners and schools!
The first half of 2025 saw millions of Maths questions answered and growing confidence across classrooms.
Term 3 is a new chance to push further, dream bigger, and own your progress.
Let’s go! 💪📚
#Term3 #MathsConfidence
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From a rural multigrade farm school in the Free State 🌾📚—learners are proving that Maths is for everyone. This year, with support from Rupert Foundation, they’ve started their journey with MCO and are eager to learn, grow, and achieve 💡✨ #MathsForAll #LearnGrowExcel

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📚❄️ Even during the winter break, learners from #WallacedenePrimary stayed busy building their Maths skills with MCO. Now, with their teachers’ support, they’re back in Term 3, more determined than ever to aim high in Maths! 💪 #MathsConfidence MEED Landie Diamond

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🌸 #WomensDay in SA honours the courage of women who fought for equality. Today, we celebrate women educators leading change and the girls working hard to achieve their dreams, carrying that legacy forward. 💪📊 #EmpoweringGirls #WomenInEducation

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+9.7% in Maths pass rates. +5% in averages. Strongest gains in SA’s most under-resourced schools. 💡 And the biggest win? Learners who now believe they can succeed in Maths. 🎥 Watch the reel below: #MathsThatMatters #EquityInEducation #EdTechImpact

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A full lab. Tablets on laps. Every learner focused. This school has just begun with MCO—and the energy is electric. Learners aiming high and proving that Maths success is possible for everyone. 🚀📊 #MathsConfidence #EveryLearnerCounts Metro South Education District

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👏 Celebrating our MCO Lead Practitioners! In recent PLCs, they shared best practice, advocated for stronger Maths teaching & explored how learner data drives impact. These teachers are leading the way 🌱 #CultivatingGrowth #MathsEducation

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💡MCO is more than practice - it’s building confidence and showing learners that Maths is for them. 🌱 #MathsConfidence #LearnGrowExcel #LearnerVoice

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🚀 Learners are breaking records in Maths! Already 1.75m out-of-school MCO sessions in 2025 (by week 7, Term 3) - surpassing last year’s total of 1.66m. Every session = confidence. Every learner = proof that Maths is for them. #AnyTimeAnyWhereAnyDevice #LearnGrowExcel

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A shift is happening - learners are believing in themselves & determined to achieve in Maths. 🌱 #MathsConfidence #LearnerVoice

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Learners at Bergvliet Primary are writing their end-of-term School Based Assessments (SBAs) 🌱 🖥️ Moderated, online via MCO, SBAs benchmark progress against CAPS. Brain Quests build practice, SBAs measure mastery. 👏 Schools like this show real commitment to Maths excellence.