Tyume Valley Schools (TVS) is an independent charity working to improve the quality of education and life chances of children and young people in the remote and impoverished Tyume Valley, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The area still carries many legacies of the former Apartheid era in the form of major social and economic inequalities..
MISSION
Our mission is to contribute to United Nations Strategic Development Goal 4 for Education and change children’s lives. We provide quality education and training for teachers and learners focussing on:
- Improving children’s ability to read, write, speak, and understand English language.
- Improving children’s mathematical understanding and abilities
- Introducing children to basic IT skills and vocabulary.
- Involving local teachers, schools principles and community members.
- Promoting links between Tyume Valley schools and the wider world.
VALUES
- TVS celebrates and respects diversity in race, culture, faith and other beliefs, sexuality, abilities, gender and age.
- We are committed to challenging disadvantage and inequality and to equality in our provision of services and in all practices, policies and procedures.
- TVS does not charge fees to any schools or learners with whom it works
