JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWE EDUCATION DISTRICT JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

1. JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWE EDUCATION DISTRICTJTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention 29 July- 25 November 2013

2. Overview • Contextual Realities • Schools affected and Subjects offered • Objectives of Intervention • Selection criteria • Camps: Subjects, number of tutors needed and schools included in camps • Challenges JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

3. Contextual Realities • From May to September 2012, areas within the JTG district were affected by service delivery protests. • As a consequence of these protests, Grades 1-11 learners at 64 primary and high schools received no teaching for extended period of time. • A total of 1250 of these learners, who were in grade 11 last year, will be sitting for the NSC at the end of this year. • Although adapted curriculum programmes were put into place to catch-up on time lost, the 2012 exam results reflect substantial content knowledge gaps: JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

4. Contextual Realities KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN SUBJECTS: English FAL: • Comprehension- learners are unable to interpret text • Unable to answer question using own words • Unable to infer meaning • Unable to answer question which requires insight • Poor knowledge of language structure and conventions • Poor application of language structure JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

5. Contextual Realities English FAL: • Poor preparation leading to non-adherence of instructions • Inability to answer higher order questions • Misunderstanding the purpose of the text • Poor editing skills • No in-depth studying of literature • Inability to interpret, analyze, and motivate required aspects of the genres in essays. • Lack of knowledge of the content of genres. JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

6. Contextual Realities English FAL: • Poor grasp of writing skills. Poor sentence and paragraph construction, poor vocabulary and spelling. Accounting • Unable to add up the component to calculate • Unable to calculate the mark-up percentage in sales in specific items in the projected income statement. • Unable to understand the basic concepts of equity , assets and liabilities and sub-categories into current and non-current items. JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

7. Contextual Realities Life Sciences • Learners not familiar with biological terminology • Limited knowledge of concepts such as artificial selection and genetic engineering • Unable to understand scientific data Mathematics • Learners experience difficulty with factorisation, quadratic sequence , analytic geometry, Euclidean geometry, probability and linear programming. • Difficulty with basic mathematical operations. • Lack of simple logic if y=2x than x=1/2 y JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

8. Contextual Realities Business Studies • Learners unable to understand instruction verbs such as differentiate, evaluate, interpret and analyse. • Learners unable to apply logic to solve problems etc. JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

9. Contextual Realities GENERAL CHALLENGES • Erratic transport • Code switching in class • Teacher and learner absenteeism • Poor leadership and management • Child headed households • Teenage pregnancy • Substance abuse • Unemployed parents • Poverty JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

10. Identified Schools (6) JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

11. Subjects offered (12) JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

12. Objectives of intervention • Raise learner performance for the JTG district to contribute to province attaining an 80% plus Grade 12 pass rate • Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who become eligible for a Bachelors programme at a university. • Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who pass Mathematics. • Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who pass Physical Science. JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

13. Objectives of intervention • Institutionalise learners at camps to ensure maximum curriculum coverage and quality school based assessment • Provide learners with an enabling environment to maximise study time • Provide learners with exam techniques, full exposure to career opportunities and mentoring JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

14. Selection Criteria Selection criteria for accommodation • Should be able to accommodate 400 or more learners • Should be safe • Should have a steady supply of electricity and hot water • Should be able to cater for all resident learners and supervisors Selection criteria for tutors • Should be teaching at grade 12 level in the subject selected • Should have produced good grade 12 results for the past three years • Should have good SBA reports for the past years JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

15. Selection Criteria Selection criteria for administrators and supervisors • Should be very responsible persons • Should be willing to be away from home for extended periods of time • Should have strong management skills and be able to manage a camp with more than 400 learners, 20 tutors and 12 supervisors • Should be willing to utilise own transport • Should be a strong administrator and produce reports on a regular basis JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

16. Camp venues • Warrenton Cultural Resort/Transka (430) • The Warrenton camp will be hosting boys and girls from the 7 schools identified for the intervention. A total of 265 boys will be accommodated at Warrenton cultural resort and 165 girl learners will stay at Transka resort. • Reakofella Resort (180) • This camp will be hosting girl learners from, Ba-Ga Lothlare, Ba-Ga Phadima, Segopotso, Pitso-Janjie and Remmogo.

17. Camp 1-Cultural Resort (Warrenton) • A total of 430 learners from 7 schools will be attending camp 1 • Subjects offered will include : • Setswana HL, Math Lit, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Accounting, B/Studies, Economics, Life Sciences, Agric Sciences, History, Geography, English FAL • Schools in camp 1 will be: • Ba-Ga Lothlare, Ba-Ga Phadima, Segopotso, Pitso-Janjie, Remmogo, Rekgaratlhile, Itlotleng JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

18. Camp 1-Cultural Resort (27 Tutors)

19. Camp 4-Rekaofella (Barkley West) • A total of 180 girl learners from 5 schools will be attending camp 4. • Subjects offered will include : • Setswana HL, Math, Physical Sciences, Afrikaans SAL, Geography, Life Sciences, History, Agric Sciences. • Schools in camp 5 will be: • Ba-Ga Lothlare, Ba-Ga Phadima, Segopotso, Pitso-Janjie, Remmogo. • Learners will be staying at Reakofella Resort.

20. Camp 4- Rekaofella (15 Tutors)

21. Total number of days learner will be institutionalized (135 days:15 July-27 Nov 2013) • 14 July 2013 to 20 Sept. 2013 • (21Sept. to 30 Sept.) September Holidays • 01 Oct. 2013 to 25 Nov. 2013 JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

22. Challenges • The erection of classrooms is already at a critical stage. The most efficient model in terms of time available should be implemented as soon as possible. ( 19 working days left, 23 if Saturdays are included.) • Upfront payment of the service providers should be loaded onto the system by 01 July 2013. • Meetings with tribal authorities should still happen during the month of June. • Funding (contribution) from mines still not decided on.

23. THANK YOU • KE A LEBOGA • BAIE DANKIE JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention