Secondary School Improvement Programme (SSIP) holiday classes get underway
MEC for Education, Mr Panyaza Lesufi has urged all learners to take advantage of this programme, as it will assist them to improve their results at the end of the year.
Thousands of Grade 12 Learners across the province will today (March 26) attend the Secondary School Intervention Programme (SSIP) classes. The holiday classes commence today and will continue until April 1.
SSIP is an intervention programme which operates across all the 15 Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) districts, involving about 450 priority schools that have performed under the provincial average. These are schools that would have obtained less than 84% pass rate in the National Senior Certificate.
There are currently about 68 000 Grade 12 learners attending tuition in 164 sites in gateway subjects; Maths, Science, Physical Science, Life Sciences, Accounting, Geography and Accounting. Tuition takes place during Saturdays, school holidays, with Matric camps being held in October to ensure readiness for the final examinations. Holiday sessions offer tuition in 10 subjects; the gateway subjects plus History, Business Studies and English First Additional Language (FAL)
This 2014 United Nations Public Service Award winning project has been a major factor for the significant improvement of the matric pass rate in Gauteng since 2010. It has helped achieve a 15% improvement in the provincial pass rate, with the most significant improvements taking place in priority schools serving disadvantaged communities.
MEC for Education, Mr Panyaza Lesufi has urged all learners to take advantage of this programme, as it will assist them to improve their results at the end of the year.
“I also appeal to all parents to encourage, motivate and monitor learner attendance as the programme is specifically designed to address challenging topics that learners struggle with,” said MEC Lesufi.
