ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

The academic programme of five years is divided into a junior OBE phase consisting of Grade 8 and 9, and a senior FET phase consisting of Grades 10, 11 and 12. The possibility exists for learners to exit from the school at the end of the junior phase to proceed to institutions that offer vocationally and skills orientated training.

In the junior phase all learners follow the same syllabus and write the same examinations. The introduction of Outcomes Based Education in 2001 has taken away the emphasis from subject-based academic studies to eight areas of learning each with a common core of academic activities. The learning process has also undergone a shift from the accumulation of knowledge to the use of knowledge to strengthen academic attitudes and skills. While subject content remains an essential component of educational activities, the content is now being used to enable learners to feel confident in using the content to seek out relationships between different areas of learning to allow learners to present content in more interesting ways and make them independent searchers and researchers so that they develop study habits which will enable them to travel confidently on the path of life long learning.

The Further Education and Training (FET) band follows the National Curriculum Statement which commenced in 2006. A learner has to offer 7 subjects from different learning areas. Four subjects are compulsory: a home language (English), an additional official language (Afrikaans or sePedi), Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy and Life Orientation. The other three subjects are chosen from the following: Physical Science, Life Science, Information Technology, Computer Applications Technology (CAT), Geography, History, Accounting, Business Studies, Consumer Studies and Visual Art.

 
General Information

The Guidance educators provide valuable services such as the selection of subjects, the choice of University and Technikon courses, and advice on employment opportunities.

They also assist in the identification and rectification of learning problems and designing study programmes.

The Guidance department also provides a link with the Educational aid services of the Education department to deal with complex personal and learning problems.


The Governing Body
The elected Governing Body of the school is responsible for the appointment of staff, the finances of the school, the improvement and maintenance of all facilities and assets and to monitor the tone and ethos of the school.

Parent / Educator
Parent / Educator Committees assist with the day-to-day activities at the school including the raising of funds for various projects.