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

JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWE EDUCATION DISTRICT

JTG DISTRICT - 2013 GRADE 12 INTERVENTION

29 July- 25 November 2013

1JTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

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

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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:

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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


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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.


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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.


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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


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Business Studies Learners unable to understand instruction

verbs such as differentiate, evaluate, interpret and analyse.

Learners unable to apply logic to solve problems etc.


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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


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Identified Schools (6)

NAME OF HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER OF GRADE 12`S

TOTAL

1 BA-GA LOTHLARE 76

610

2 BA -GAPHADIMA 46

3 ITLOTLENG 61

4 PITSO-JANTJIE 94

5 REKGARATLHILE 210

6 REMMOGO 98

7 SEGOPOTSO 26


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Subjects offered (12) SUBJECT

NUMBER OF LEARNERS

1 SETSWANA 610

2 MATH LIT 404

3 MATHEMATICS 207

4 PHYSICAL SCIENCES 167

5 AFRIKAANS FAL 67

6 ACCOUNTING 22

7 GEOGRAPHY 567

8 HISTORY 106

9 AGRIC 291

10 LIFE SCIENCES 573

11 BUSINESS STUDIES 17

12 ECONOMICS 22

13 English FAL 543


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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.


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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


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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 yearsJTG District - 2013 Grade 12 Intervention

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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

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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.

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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

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Camp 1-Cultural Resort (27 Tutors)

SUBJECT NUMBER OF LEARNERS

Number of tutors

needed 1 SETSWANA 430 42 MATH LIT 356 33 MATHEMATICS 150 24 PHYSICAL SCIENCES 115 25 GEOGRAPHY 447 36 HISTORY 85 17 AGRIC 204 28 LIFE SCIENCES 397 39 AFRIKAANS FAL 32 1

10 ENGLISH FAL 398 311 ACCOUNTING 22 112 B/STUDIES 17 113 ECONOMICS 22 1

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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.

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Camp 4- Rekaofella (15 Tutors)

SUBJECT NUMBER OF LEARNERS

Number of tutors needed

1 SETSWANA 180 2

2 MATH LIT 48 1

3 MATHEMATICS 57 1

4 PHYSICAL SCIENCES 52 1

5 GEOGRAPHY 120 2

6 HISTORY 21 1

7 AGRIC 87 1

8 LIFE SCIENCES 176 3

9 AFRIKAANS FAL 35 1

10 ENGLISH FAL 145 2

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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

DAYS LEFT INCLUDING WEEKENDS

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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.

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THANK YOU KE A LEBOGA BAIE DANKIE


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