Completed the capturing of the data from the current questionnaire administered.
| School | Mvuzo | Mbudlu | Sintile | Bangilizwe | ||
| 18-Jun | 17-Jun | 20-Jun | 19-Jun | |||
| Gr7 | m | 30 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17 |
| f | 27 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | |
| Gr8 | m | 71 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 17 |
| f | 65 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 16 | |
| Gr9 | m | 65 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 17 |
| f | 73 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 16 | |
| School Total | 331 | 107 | 57 | 68 | 99 | |
| M | 166 | |||||
| F | 165 | |||||
One issue that stands out is the huge age difference in each grade. There are 20 year old male students in the same class as 12 and 13 year old girls. This is a cause for concern especially from a social perspective and is prevalent in all grades.
I need to confirm such issues as to when these learners are exposed to English in these schools as many learners lack the ability to express themselves in English. From my observation many learners simply replicated the words that were written on the chalkboard when ask as to what they had learned for the day. Another trend that emerged was the issue of copying answers including the spelling mistakes.
Each comment was tagged according to key words and this will be analysed for trends per grade, school and gender.
I am still convinced that there are a few rough diamonds amongst these schools that need to be tagged with the view to channelling them into more advanced programs. These learners certainly stand out amongst their peers.
Preparation is under way for the next round to training in Cofimvaba starting 28 July 2014. This will include the use of a SMART Interactive Whiteboard into the presentation coupled to a web cam. This will allow all learners to view what is happening in the demonstrations.