Chair, an investigation conducted at several schools in Johannesburg and Pretoria revealed that not only the high rate of failure, but also factors affecting retention and drop-out rates could be ascribed to the fact that learners struggled because they didn't know how to read and memorise; to learn; to prepare for tests, exams and assignments; they didn't know how to deal with stress during exams and didn't know how to be self-motivated.
Interviews with school principals and other educators also revealed that they felt that the teaching of learning skills should be incorporated into life orientation and be introduced to learners in Grade 10 and upwards, at the very least.
To provide a solution, programmes like these have actually been developed and even presented to the Director-General of Basic Education and certain school principals. It doesn't seem to be able to get any further. I was wondering if you have programmes like this that you are planning to implement? How do the people who have developed these programmes actually get them to become useful, because they are available and they really would make a difference? Thank you.