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Indaba Institute

Where Excellence Is Protected and Passed On.

The Indaba Institute is a separate institution with its own site. It develops educational knowledge, trains educators and facilitators, and supports the standards that help quality endure.

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Concept · A sunlit room for adult study.

01What the Institute is

The Pedagogical Engine Behind the Products.

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Concept · Sunlit classroom with low shelves and children.
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Concept · A culture of shared learning.

Indaba’s products depend on something no product can replace: adults who are deeply prepared. The Institute is where that preparation happens.

Its catalogue brings together Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) diploma and certificate pathways, Community Rooted Education (CoRE) and CARE caregiver training for the home. CoRE, designed by Educateurs sans Frontières (EsF), is delivered with the Indaba Institute. Admissions, dates and fees are published on the Institute’s own site.

AMI pathways
Diploma and certificate courses in Montessori education.
CoRE
Community Rooted Education for practitioners working with children from birth to six.
CARE
Caregiver training for the home, combining Montessori-informed child development with everyday routines. First cohorts are being arranged.

02For the wider system

Formation. Standards. Multiplication.

The Institute strengthens everything Indaba builds by forming people, protecting practice and preparing those who prepare others.

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Formation

  • Rigorous preparation of educators, caregivers and facilitators, grounded in child development and lived practice.
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Standards

  • Protecting pedagogy and observing quality, so that what grows does not drift from what works.
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Multiplication

  • Training those who train others: facilitators who support teachers and caregivers close to where they work.

03Born in community

Formed Where Conditions Are Hardest.

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Adult and children seated in a classroom.

The Institute’s approach was shaped in South African communities with few resources, through CoRE. The programme was designed by EsF, piloted in India and refined for South Africa.

It has been delivered over seven months, one week a month, so practitioners can keep working while they learn, with mentoring visits continuing after the modules end.

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04On the Institute site

Study, Train or Partner with the Institute.

AMI and Montessori programme names identify educational pathways; they do not imply an endorsement of Indaba. Study, accreditation and academic questions are answered by the Institute.

Meet the Institute

Go to the Source.

Everything about studying, training and accreditation lives on the Institute’s own site.

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