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Claremont High School – Western Cape
Claremont high School is a Government Mathematics and Science Focus High School founded as a pilot project in 2011 to provide a quality education to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The school has achieved remarkable academic success over the last 10 years and is consistently placed amongst the top 20 Western Cape schools, in 2020 achieving 9th place for Physical Science.
COVID-19 meant that learners and staff had to adapt quickly to online learning, and to the additional challenges of limited family resources. The school provided 150 families with weekly food parcels and 130 pupils with weekly data for online learning. Tight financial controls have protected the school’s 1:35 staff/student ratio which has been maintained in 2021.
SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS
Classroom focused support for maximum impact
The Foundation supported 4 teacher development and training organisations in the year under review.
The organisation showcased below demonstrates
how teachers were supported in the difficult task of maintaining teaching standards whilst adapting to the new normal brought about by COVID-19.
The Newly Qualified Teachers Project (“NQT”) University of Cape Town – Western Cape
The NQT, located within UCT’s School of Education, aims to reduce the high exit rate of first year teachers from Government schools in South Africa by providing help to newly qualified teachers through workshop programmes, online resources, school visits, and mentorship by experienced teachers.
The number of teachers enrolled for NQT remained constant in 2020 and all participants stayed in the profession during a very challenging year, describing the course and the network of support as “a lifeline”.
In the Western Cape, 363 teachers received direct support through the programme, with 1 311 teachers nationwide benefiting from resource assistance. We are immensely proud of the 20 teachers who graduated from the programme in November 2020.
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