Health Promotion aims to create a healthy school environment by promoting the general health and wellbeing of learners and educators, and by addressing key health and social barriers to learning in order to promote effective teaching and learning.

The Departments of Basic Education and Health are jointly implementing the Integrated School Health Programme that will extend, over time, the coverage of school health services to all learners in primary and secondary schools.

The unique National HIGHER HEALTH Civic Education and Soft Skills Programme was developed in South Africa by HIGHER HEALTH, an agency of the Department of Higher Education Training. The programme’s co-curriculum is designed to address the many personal and social challenges facing youth – and the world – today.

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Government is developing school health services in the country in support of children’s health throughout their school years, from the moment they start school to their last year in Grade 12. School health services will comprise health education, health …

Through a curriculum rooted in values of transformation, equity, and innovation, we aim to empower students to strengthen health services and advance knowledge. We are proud of our students’ and faculty’s research contributions, which …

This course advances knowledge and practical skills on the use of routine health data and information for decision-making and will strengthen the manager’s ability to manage, monitor and report on public health interventions and results at facility, district, provincial and national levels.

Purpose: To equip students with higher cognitive skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation guided by the parameters set by selected philosophies and learning theories towards …

HIGHER HEALTH facilitates the inclusion of relevant health and social content, including mental health, into selected course work – or the so-called “1st Curriculum”.

Jul 20, 2023 · The launch of the National Civic Education and Health Skills Programme and the accreditation of this Programme at NQF Level 5 makes this a remarkable achievement for our Department, Higher Health and our government.