. The lack of support from parents. Parents did not attend meetings. . Most families were child-headed . Staff establishment/Understaffing - there was a need to fill the Science post . The CAPS training to be arranged for teachers . Outstanding LTSM needed to be delivered . Low teacher morale . Isolated location of the school. A request that the school be relocated as it was too far from the village . No ablution facilities . No playground/sports ground . No laboratory equipment/science kits . Learner discipline (late coming) . Learner drug abuse