Education

               (a) The WCED made available a range of support mechanisms, for both GET and FET learners, to schools via district officials for learners who missed school at the start of the year due to late applications or late arrivals.

         All unplaced learners were placed at or offered places at schools in 2021. Learners who started late at schools were accommodated into existing schools’ programmes and teachers, by virtue of their professional judgement, either adapt or supplement their teaching programme to manage any deficit.

        (b) The direct support offered to schools by districts included the following:

Examples of FET support offered:

    1. Printing budget offered via districts to schools to print additional support material; additional funding offered to schools where large number of learners are admitted.    

      2. Schools had the option to arrange additional classes for learners such as afternoon, winter school and/or Saturday classes.

      3. Grade 10 – 12 - Term 1-4 self-directed lessons with content as per revised ATPs were designed and made available on WCED ePortal. Schools could print these lessons for learners. (https://wcedeportal.co.za/lessons/fet-phase)

      4. Term 1 revision material for Grade 11 designed and available on WCED ePortal.  (https://wcedeportal.co.za/grade11-subject-support)  

  5. Grade 12 subject specific resources e.g. Study Guides, 2020 revision material for terms 1-3 etc. available on WCED ePortal. (https://wcedeportal.co.za/grade12-subject-support)

     6.  Assessment to be managed as per policy – Exemption from SBA tasks for 1st term so that such learners would not disadvantaged.

     7. 2021 Telematics lessons and booklets available on WCED ePortal (https://wcedeportal.co.za/2021-telematics-booklets)

   Examples of GET support offered:

     8. Subject Advisers offered support and guidance to teachers to deal with learning losses of learners who started late.

• Foundation Phase Lessons | WCED ePortal 
• Intermediate Phase Lessons | WCED ePortal
• Senior Phase Lessons | WCED ePortal

   9. Teachers to infuse core/fundamental term 1 content in relevant sections in terms 2-4

  10. FP lesson plans and activities for Term 1 per week was offered.  E.g. Week 7-8.  at the following links:

• GET FP (Gr 1 - 3) Lesson Plans Term 1 Week 7&8 - https://wcedeportal.co.za/eresource/195626
• GET FP Grade R (29 March – 09 April 2021): Interactive Lesson Plan Poster – https://wcedeportal.co.za/eresource/195376  

• The link to the printed versions is as follows:
  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Hl3aPjseLrUgfDj12xfMx6l_QJkJBnBg?usp=sharing

 11. InterSen Lessons: Term 1, 2021 Week 7 and 8 (available on Google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z94mCu7aJ9myryUAkVih36ZFQ9Rb5oIz?usp=sharing)

         12. Assessment to be managed as per policy – exemption from SBA tasks for 1st term so that such learners would not be disadvantaged.