Lifeskills 2,743 vulnerable children South Africa

Thank you for your support! Welcome to all the new amazing supporters to Keep The Dream196.

I want to show you what we have achieved last year despite Covid!

Finally, the matriculation results are out!

I am ecstatic to report that once again we had a 100% pass rate for our learners in Matriculation.

Sadly Covid is being blamed for the drop in the matriculation results, personally, I think it is a lack of commitment shown by the government to equip particularly rural schools with the capacity to provide minimum services to the students to enable them to achieve successful results. We are still dealing with schools that do not have electricity, running water and adequate security never mind computers, teachers who can utilize computers, and teachers who can teach in English! Still, lessons are taught in local languages despite the fact that the matriculation exams are in English.

The following are excerpts from the TIMES LIVE newspaper as comments from the Minister of Education:

• To obtain a Bachelors pass to access University – the pupils are required to get a minimum of 40% for their home language plus 50% in 4 other subjects and at least 30% in the language of learning.
• For a Diploma – pupils must obtain 40% for their home language and at least 40% for 3 other subjects and 30% for the language of learning
• For Higher Certificate Pass – the pupils home language remains 40% and at least 30% in the language of learning and 40% in 2 subjects and a minimum of 30% in the other subjects.

30% pass is a minimum requirement in all subjects to be awarded a Higher Certificate. So as you can see, the pass rate is very low to start with.

Limpopo had a 66% pass rate. That means one in three pupils in Limpopo failed to reach the minimum standard for a Higher Certificate pass. They failed to achieve 30% of their marks and 40% for language. What an indictment.

For Keep The Dream196 we had 100% pass with no Higher Certificate pass, they were Bachelor and Diploma passes. The children learn to persevere and as you can imagine with two years of Covid limited contact education they needed to persevere. Over the last 13yrs, we have had an average pass rate of 92%. Limpopo Dept of Education 64%.

The difference is our program. Together we bring hope for the future. The Children run with this hope, they identify their dreams, and we assist them to work towards that dream. We give them the skills and abilities to realize those dreams. They learn to study effectively, to manage their time, manage their study load, and work as a team as they identify their strengths and weaknesses. It is so exciting to see more children enter tertiary education on the next leg of their journey.

All of this is because of your support. Your investment in our kids is life-changing and future-creating. You are responsible for their success just as much as they are. With future studying through bursaries, we assist those to access, you are changing not just their lives, their families and their villages as these kids break the poverty cycle.

Can you see why me saying “Thank you” just does not cut it! It doesn’t portray effectively what you have done!

You are amazing

Blessings

Louise

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