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STEPS TOWARDS HELPING SOLVE THE EDUCATION CRISIS

PEP Academy

 

 

24 April 2012, Cape Town:   Grade 4 is one of the most difficult school years when children switch lessons in their mother tongue (Grade 3) to English language tuition (Grade 4) and from four to nine learning areas.  As children are taught in a language that is unfamiliar to them, building a strong learning foundation at this stage is critical.  One programme addressing the challenge is the PEP Academy, a Department of Education approved learning model that provides supplementary education after school.  Two new PEP Academies have been opened this year in the Western Cape:  Vuyani School in Gugulethu and Zimasa School in Langa, bringing the total number of PEP academies nationally to ten.

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