Education:

16.     a) Yes, the Education District implemented a number of interventions to improve the 2017 pass rate, including the following:

Tutoring sessions were held on Saturdays for identified subjects at risk for all learners at risk. The Grade 11 results of 2016 were used to identify these learners. Learners were also provided with food every Saturday to optimise learning.

28 January – 18 March 2017

22 April – 3 June 2017

29 July – 2 September 2017

 

Seasonal Schools were run for 1 week during each School vacation:

Autumn School:   2 April – 7 April 2017

Winter School:      3 July – 7 July 2017

Spring School:      1 October – 6 October 2017

All learners at risk of failing were provided with the following resources:

• Printed copies of all previous Question Papers per subject
• Mind the Gap study materials
• Telematics lessons
• Siyavula Mathematics Study Guides

 

School Psychologists supported all schools that had achieved below 80% in 2016, with the following interventions:

• Study Skills workshops
• Motivational work sessions

Learners of Aloe, Westridge, Glendale and Portland, who were struggling with Afrikaans First Additional Language were registered to offer the subject IsiXhosa Home Language as an 8^th subject, thereby increasing their chances of passing.

Subject Advisors arranged and conducted “last push” sessions just prior to the final examination in the following subjects:

• Mathematical Literacy;
• Business Studies;
• Economics;
• Accounting;
• Physical Sciences;
• Life Sciences;
• Afrikaans HT and
• English HL

The 232 Progressed learners of the Mitchell’s Plain Schools received intensive support at the Khanya centre in the form of:

• Saturday Classes
• Seasonal Camps at the Cape Academy for Maths, Science and Technology
• Homework Hubs

The District hosted quarterly reflection meetings with the principals and Grade 12 co-ordinators [of the <80% schools] to assess the impact of the interventions.

Circuit managers guided schools in developing School Improvement Plans and Target-setting. Targets were reviewed each Term, using the Term Performance Results as a yardstick to determine whether schools would reach the targets.

Mitchells’s Plain schools identified for additional support in 2018:

School	2017 Pass rate	2018 Target
AZ BERMAN HIGH SCHOOL	57,8%	67,0%
LENTEGEUR SEC.	68,7%	82,0%
STRANDFONTEIN SEK.	71,3%	85,0%
PRINCETON SEC.	71,6%	75,0%
TAFELSIG SEK.	75,0%	80,0%
CEDAR SEC.	76,7%	80,0%

 

 

b) Interventions planned for 2018 include, but are not limited to:

• In-depth, per question analysis done with Subject Heads and teachers

• Identify learners who did not pass “At Risk Subjects” in 2017 and provide catch- 

   up programmes (not Tutoring)

• Standardised Exam papers set by District Subject Advisers – June and

   September

• 2 X school visits by subjects Advisers of At Risk Subjects per term to :

- Mentor teachers

- Execute Classroom visits for co-teaching and observation

• 1 X visit by Circuit manager every 2 weeks

• Saturday Tutoring Sessions starting on 21 April

• Seasonal Schools – 1 week in June and 1 week in September

• Progressed learners will receive tutoring at Khanya Centre during the week

• The following resources will be provided :

• Exam Fever workbooks and Study guides for Life Sciences

•    Mind the Gap for all learners

• Paper Video provided to learners at Oval North and Princeton

• Kutlwanong Project will be extended to include Mitchell’s Plain schools . This was previousy only run in Philippi area.

• District will place Care & Support Officer at selected under-performing schools

• Grade 12 Wellness support by psychological services (study skills, motivation, psycho-social support)

• Concession assessments and facilitation of concession applications

• Promote social work support services to learners exposed to unstable and unsafe home environment

Annexure A: Mitchell’s Plain Interventions 2017

School	2016	2017	Intervention	Number of learners
Aloe*	66,7%	87,2%	Introduction of isiXhosa HL	81 [XHO]
			Additional tuition offered on Saturdays and during the holidays, in: English HL Mathematical Literacy Life Sciences	37 [EHL] 32 [ML] 36 [LS]
AZ Berman*		57,8%	Matric Camp: Apostle Battery [April 2017]	68
			Additional tuition in subjects-at-risk: English HL Business Studies Life Sciences Geography Mathematics Accounting	44 [EHL] 25 [BS] 55 [GEO] 21 [MATH] 14 [ACC]
Beacon Hill*	78,1%	87,0%	After-school classes hosted by the educators	122
			Mathematics tuition offered by university student	22 [MATH]
			Additional tuition offered on Saturdays and during the holidays, in: Mathematical Literacy Life Sciences Business Studies	101 [ML] 65 [LS] 57 [BS]
Cedar	82,7%	76,7%	Tuition offered in Life Sciences	120
Glendale	92,3%	92,1%	Additional after-school classes hosted by the educators	139
			isiXhosa HL offered as an additional subject	30
Lentegeur	83,8%	68,7%	The school day is extended Mondays – Thursdays by 1 hour; Additional classes offered on Saturdays and during the holidays, by the educators Tuition offered in Accounting.	163
Mondale	99,6%	98,6%	School-based interventions, supported by Shawco and the University of Stellenbosch	217
Oval North	94,5%	90,8%	School-based interventions with MSED supporting the provision of catering.	163
			Additional Accounting tuition offered by both the adviser and educator from Mondale	12
Portland	98,6%	96,5%	School-based interventions and tutoring offered in English HL.	173
Princeton*	76,6%	71,6%	Physical Sciences classes started on the second Friday of the academic year.	97
			Additional tuition offered on Saturdays and during the holidays, in: Mathematics Geography Accounting	63 [MATH] 42 [GEO] 33 [ACC]
Rocklands	94,2%	86,5%	Additional tutoring offered in: Mathematics Physical sciences	89 [MATH] 47 [PS]
Spine Road	98,7%	100%	School-based interventions, supported by Shawco and the University of Stellenbosch	193
Tafelsig	93,2%	75,0%	Additional tutoring offered in: Tourism [Educator left mid-year] Life Sciences [Educator on sick leave for most of the year] Geography Mathematics	147 [TOUR] 91 [LS]   83 [GEO] 6 [MATH]
			Siyavula Mathematics Study Guide issued to Mathematics learners	6 [MATH]
Westridge*	77,4%	88,8%	Introduction of isiXhosa HL	7 [XHO]
			Additional tuition offered on Saturdays and during the holidays, in: Business Studies English HL Physical Sciences History	72 [BS] 139 [ENG] 26 [PS] 54 [HIST]
Woodlands*	55,7%	87,9%	Replacement of Mathematics, with Mathematical Literacy; and Economics, with Geography
			Additional tuition offered on Saturdays and during the holidays, in: Geography Accounting Life Sciences Mathematical Literacy Afrikaans HT	61 [GEO] 22 [ACC] 33 [LS] 61 [ML] 12 [AFRI]