While the Covid-19 pandemic has brought many changes to the way people live, work and play, there is no question its effects have been felt most in the area of education.
School closures, teaching delays and rotational learning wreaked unprecedented havoc on the curriculum while the learners were still in grade 11. Teaching of
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Despite the enormous challenges faced by the matric class of 2020, learners benefitting from the Promaths programme in the East London township of Mdantsane rose to the occasion to record remarkable performances in maths and physical science.
The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa disrupted academic learning on an unprecedented scale, with the hard lockdown introduced in March last year proving to be especially taxing for matrics preparing for their all-important final exams.
Yet as it has done so successfully in previous years, the Promaths programme of the Kutlwanong Centre for Maths, Science and Technology (“Kutlwanong”) was not only able to steer learners through troubled waters , but deliver them exceptional results in these two “gateway” subjects.