Learners must make Grade 11 results work for them

While many pupils wait until their final year of school to put in the hard work, Grade 11 results can make an important impact on the future options of learners.

The saying ‘don’t leave for tomorrow what you can do today’ has never been more apt for this year’s Grade 11s, as Covid-19, the lockdowns and their impact on education have shown.

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Head of Faculty: Information and Communications Technology at The Independent Institute of Education, Nola Payne, said this has been a tremendously disruptive year for all learners, and in particular for matrics.

‘Yet, while most of the attention was focused on Grade 12s to ensure they can complete their last year of school and continue their educational journey thereafter, Grade 11 is a very important year – usually a year considered intrinsically linked to the final year of school – and these learners should attempt to do as well as possible during these last few months.

‘While it may be tempting to wait until next year to get back into the swing of things, particularly now after an unprecedentedly hard and tumultuous eight months, it should be kept in mind that there is no guarantee that everything will just go back to ‘pre-pandemic normal’ as the clock strikes 12 on 31 December,’ Payne said.

‘Therefore, Grade 11 learners must use their time optimally and put in the hard work with dedication so that they can enter 2021 from a position of strength.

‘And also to hedge against any other unforeseen disruptions that may in future impact their educational journey – whether they be personal or external.’

As things stand, the academic year for 2021 will already look different from previous years because of the delay in the release of matric results and the later than usual start date of universities.

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