Our Mission

"Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future."  John F Kennedy

 Girubuntu pupilAt APIE, our mission focuses on two broad themes:

Access to Education
  • To encourage ongoing education for all, regardless of means or background.
  • To further the UN Millennium Development Goals, most specifically the achievement of universal primary education by 2015.
Quality Learning
  • To facilitate and improve basic literacy and numeracy to enhance lives and livelihoods.
  • To promote creativity, critical thinking and cognitive skills as essential tools for social empowerment and community development.
  • To motivate parents, teachers and pupils to take an active role in holistic education that caters for individual needs and abilities.