Multi-grade teaching referred to the teaching of more than one grade, at the same time, in the same classroom by the same teacher. These schools were generally found in remote, usually disadvantaged rural areas, where numbers of learners are low and alternative schools are too far for learners to attend. Initially, teachers in these classes had no formal training in multi-grade teaching. In addition, they had limited skills in managing different content at different levels, as well as classroom management of multi-grade groups.