Welcome to THE KTG FAMILY!

General Announcements

KTG Project Proposals

Dear KTG Students

Regarding the project proposals that each group is required to submit to JCP, you may replace the community partner signature in the section designated for it with the KTG logo (click here to download) and proceed with submission. Approval from us is not necessary.

Kind Regards
The KTG Team

Welcome to the KTG Family!

Dear 2025 JCP Students,

Welcome to KTG! We’re excited to have you on board for this journey of impactful community engagement. Before we get started, there are a few important things to note:

  1. KTG has almost 1000 JCP students:
    We pride ourselves on providing clear communication and making JCP as easy as possible for all our students. Please avoid contacting us if it is not necessary, as our team cannot handle 1000 individual emails. If you do NEED to contact us, please use the contact page on OUR JCP website.
  2. Mandatory Community Partner Talk – Friday, 7 February
    You are required to attend the community partner talk on Friday, 7 February. An email will be sent out on Wednesday with the exact time and venue for each project session—please make sure you are there.
  3. How KTG is Different:
    Unlike other projects, KTG not only focuses on planning but also manages the finances. This makes your work as JCP students easier while maximising the impact of your projects.
    Preliminary Project Guides: Here is the link to the KTG JCP website. Under your project, you will find the preliminary Project Guide with information about how the project will run. These guides will be finalised by Friday, but you can already use them to draft your project proposals, timelines, and budgets during JCP week.
  4. Budgets:
    While KTG handles all finances directly, you are still required to submit a budget (this budget will not be used), and therefore, you can use the project guide to draft this budget.
  5. Join the Telegram Group:
    To stay updated and communicate efficiently, please join the KTG Telegram groups. The links for each project can be found on their program page.

Looking forward to seeing you all on Friday!

Once again, welcome to the KTG family. We can’t wait to start this journey with you and see the incredible impact we will make together.

Warmest regards,
The KTG Team

WHAT IS JCP?

The JCP module intends for the student to develop, through reflection, an understanding of their own experience in a team-based workspace as well as a broader understanding of the application of their discipline knowledge and its potential impact in their communities in this way, also enhancing their sense of civic responsibility. All JCP projects must be locally contextualised in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

STRUCTURE OF JCP

The Department of Community Engagement at the University of Pretoria runs multiple projects. JCP is the compulsory service learning module for the Engineering, Built Environment and IT (EBIT) Faculty. It forms part of the complementary studies in the Faculty to develop an awareness of personal, social and cultural values as well as multidisciplinary and life skills, such as communication, interpersonal and leadership skills. Typically we have approximately 1650 second year students and we work on 350 community projects across Gauteng, South Africa.

There are two 40 hour parts to this year module. First the students are made aware of their potential global impact through their degree in the form of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The idea here is to cultivate and stimulate global awareness and understanding their local impact from that perspective. In preparation for their 40 hours hands-on community work they are guided through personal and professional development lectures and assignments to equip them with communication and self-reflection skills that can enhance their ability to engage with their team members and with the community. This includes dynamic personality typology tests that allows for self-awareness of the individuals motivation for their behaviour in different situations (handling conflict, receiving or giving critical feedback etc) as well as strategies to support an effective approach to this.

The 40 hours work in community is part of the experiential learning where students engage in practical work with their team members and have to work together to produce the outcomes agreed upon in the project proposal. Students are assessed in a variety of self-reflection exercises and through peer feedback and finally through a report and presentation of their work in the community.

VISION FOR A JCP PROJECT

Students are given the opportunity to practice and develop their interpersonal skills formally taught in the module by engaging in teamwork with fellow students from different disciplines and also with non-technical members of the community. Their projects should aim to foster long term sustainable engagement with communities and work with these communities towards upliftment.