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School's Report 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examination

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SCHOOL’S REPORT <strong>2012</strong> NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE (<strong>NSC</strong>) EXAMINATION<br />

A provincial task team on skills development (including officials from Career Guidance, Disabled<br />

Persons of South Africa (DPSA), Special Schools, FET Colleges and Higher Education Institutions)<br />

was established. The main aim of this task team is to ensure that learning and teaching for disabled<br />

learners lead to successful access to Higher Education and/or employment.<br />

3.7 Addressing Social Ills<br />

While the Department of Education is focusing on providing adequate resources and achieving high<br />

academic results, attention has been paid to addressing social ills that confront society and affect<br />

learners.<br />

3.7.1 My Life My Future Programme<br />

Among these social ills challenges are high rates of teenage pregnancy in schools, substance abuse<br />

and the scourge of HIV and AIDS. The “My Life, My Future” Campaign has been introduced with the<br />

aim of mitigating the impact of social ills on the delivery of quality basic education. As part of this<br />

campaign the department has also identified and prioritized top 20 schools with the highest rates of<br />

learner pregnancy in each of the 12 districts (a total of 240 in the province) where intensive Life Skills<br />

and Sexual Reproductive Health programmes are being implemented.<br />

In the 240 schools targeted, there has been a 35% drop in the number of pregnancies from 5 348 in<br />

2010 to 3 457 in 2011.<br />

3.7.2 Co – Curricular Services<br />

The Department has also introduced co-curricular programmes in an attempt to change of behaviour<br />

and attitudes which is a long term investment and the development of a variety of skills. The cocurricular<br />

programme consists of three programmes:<br />

• youth programmewhich focuses on leadership skills<br />

• arts and culture programmewith a focus on the arts and<br />

• sportsprogrammewith a focus on sports delivery.<br />

3.7.3 <strong>National</strong> School Nutrition Programme<br />

The <strong>National</strong> School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) was introduced in 1994 (previously known<br />

as Primary School Nutrition Programme) as part of the Government’s initiative towards poverty<br />

alleviation.<br />

There are 5274 schools enrolled in the programme with a total of 2,242,000 learners benefiting in the<br />

current financial year. 1262 quintile 1 – 3 secondary schools with 680,614 learners are provided with<br />

nutritious meals for 193 days. Meals are prepared at school and served before 10h00 to assist with<br />

active participation in class. In <strong>2012</strong> the Department sought to transform the procurement of service<br />

providers so that more local communities benefitted and quality food was provide. The introduction<br />

of the programme to schools has assisted both in terms of poverty alleviation and improved learner<br />

attendance, which has contributed to improved learner retention in schools.<br />

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