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we don’t give Anyone A fish, we teAch them to cAtch it, cleAn it, cook it And most
impoRtAntly to shARe it with otheRs. only then is it tRue community upliftment.
– dR lAnette hAttingh, ceo, bRAinwAve

KST Longitudinal Study entrepreneurship. Career education
The KST longitudinal study was conducted should start as early as primary school.
in an effort to reveal detailed changes, • Learners generally enjoy school and the
as a result of the KST intervention, within experience of learning and socialisation
the lives of learners and educators in and that school brings.
outside of the school environment. The • Parents/guardians have a deep
study tells the story of 16 learners at different commitment to seeing their children
stages in the GET and FET phases across their succeed and enjoy opportunities they did
educational journey progression, through a not have access to.
series of interviews with parents, teachers • School teams generally appreciate the
and learners.
KST intervention and indicated ways
in which it has improved their schools.
These include the role of the retreats
Some important findings from the study:
to bring a new sense of team spirit; the
• Learners suggested a range of professions role that infrastructure development has
they would like to occupy later in life, played in reducing overcrowding and
including doctor, engineer, forensic enhancing academic learning (as in the
scientist and artist, among others. While case of laboratories and libraries) and
Learners take the literary lead! this speaks to South Africa’s broader the critical role played by trainers in the

In July 2016, another one of our schools development goals in relation to Maths curriculum development programme
produced their first newsletter. This is a and Science, learners should be exposed in improving content knowledge and
wonderful platform for learners to express to a diverse set of career opportunities, teaching techniques.
their creativity and leadership and we rather than a narrow one, including
are proud of the initiative these young
learners have taken. In 2017, Adopt-a-
School Foundation and the IDC completed
a brand new library at the school. This is
a multi-media library fully equipped with
furniture, books and a desktop computer
with library management system, a TV, a
DVD player, four CD players, a printer, a data
projector and projector screen on tripod
and four desktop computers for the learners. Tshepiso Motsoeneng Pani Makhoro (11) is Promise Motshilibe
In partnership with Mine is Education, (9),is a grade a grade six learner at (12) is a grade six
the literacy and numeracy institute, we four learner at Sebabatso Primary learner at Ledibohong
Primary in Sasolburg,
in Botshabelo and
Ledibohong Primary
are running a classroom based literacy and wants to follow in wants to be a doctor and spoke of
development programme. One of the her aunt’s footsteps because he knows a entrepreneurship. I
want to be a social
results of this programme is the production and become a social doctor living nearby worker but also an
worker.
whom he believes
entrepreneur like
of this newsletter. helps the community. my mother. She sells
perfumes.
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