South Africa’s primary education system faces a critical reading crisis, with international assessments consistently showing that over 80% of Grade 4 learners struggle to read for meaning in any language.
At MCPT one of the core pillars of improving our 16 under-resourced “footprint” schools as functional places of learning is that of Principal Leadership Support and Development (see table below)
St Raphael Health Programme reports on Oral Hygiene initiative From 18–22 May, learners across all primary schools and ECD centres within the Michaelhouse Community Partnership Trust (MCPT) footprint participated, through
On 18 March, the Michaelhouse Community Partnership Trust (MCPT) celebrated the opening of the Lions River Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre. This milestone was made possible through the generous support
Given the significant improvement in the matric results of 2025, a celebratory event, hosted by the Lions River Circuit was staged in the Michaelhouse Schlesinger theatre to acknowledge those teachers
ITEM /PROJECT BACKGROUND COMMENT/ DETAILS Community Partnerships Trust Meeting The CPT team continues to hold monthly Project meetings and quarterly Trustee meetings. Staff Monthly Project Review We continue holding our
The Michaelhouse Community Partnership Trust (MCPT) is proud to share the inspiring progress of our six partner high schools. Over the past eight years (2018–2025) MCPT has consistently focused on
The Michaelhouse Community Partnership Trust team gathered at the beautiful Bali and Eva for our 2026 strategy session, generously hosted by Busi Tshili and facilitated by Steuart Pennington. The setting
We are excited to share a major milestone in our educational journey of uplifting local communities. For many years the 2-5, year-olds in the Lions River community have lacked a
Two of the sixteen schools supported by the Michaelhouse Community Partnership Trust (MCPT), Crystal Springs Primary and Corrie Lynn Primary recently celebrated a very special moment: the Grade R graduation.