Who we are empowering... NOT-FOR-PROFIT: LEAP Schools Transforming disadvantaged communities through mathematics and science... |
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 | It is no secret that education in South Africa is in crisis. Millions of children still do not attend schools or receive materials and have little chance to improve their own lives. LEAP Schools has a vision to transform disadvantaged communities in South Africa through mathematics and science focussed education initiatives. |
Since opening in January 2004, LEAP has achieved remarkable success with a 95% Grade 12 pass rate in the national senior certificate examinations and 75% of our pre-2010 graduates pursuing tertiary studies.
SAABC spoke with chairman of LEAPs board Anthony Galloway:
Who benefits and what is their challenge?
The primary beneficiaries of LEAP’s work are the LEAP students, who attend the last 4 years of high school at LEAP. They are drawn from disadvantaged communities in South Africa, where they currently receive extremely poor levels of education in their township schools.Their challenge is to rise above their circumstances and gain a University-level Matriculation qualification that will enable them to access top-flight tertiary education opportunities, embark on successful careers, become young role models in their communities, and lead social transformation at grass-roots levels in South Africa. The knock-on beneficiaries are the township communities themselves, the LEAP partner schools, and all other stakeholders in the LEAP “family”.
| What is your mission? |
How can people support? sible citizens. |
The LEAP learning model is designed to support children from South Africa’s township communities to be become South Africa’s leaders of the future. LEAP aims to achieve this objective by:
facilitating the personal development of each learner into successful and socially responsible citizens. This includes an expectation that our learners will be successful within a family context and will be caring fathers and mothers in time to come.
substantially increasing the number of learners achieving Bachelor Qualification Senior Certificate passes with Maths and Science thereby enabling access to a full range of tertiary education opportunities.
playing an active role in improving the national performance in Maths and Science as espoused by The Centre for Development and Enterprise and the National Education Department.
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