The school principal mentioned that currently the school post provisioning stood at 26, with 23 classrooms accommodating 740 learners. The school was without a Science teacher whose post had been advertised. As a result the performance in Science was low due to an unqualified teacher teaching the subject. The school did not have the involvement and support from the parents with a community that was at least 80 percent illiterate. Parents generally ignored calls from the school to attend meetings of any kind. Many of the learners at the school were orphaned. Although the SGB had been elected, they were non- operative. The school had placed the necessary orders for LTSM and stationery but there were still some outstanding textbooks yet to be received. All teachers had received the necessary CAPS training and were well prepared for the year ahead. The school had challenges with learner transport since it had been discontinued from the third quarter in 2012. Although the QLTC had been launched the previous year there had been no further programmes since. The school also had the challenge of attracting suitably qualified teachers to the rural school and this necessitated the school employing unqualified teachers for subjects such as Mathematics, Science and Commerce.