Annual report 2014 for Brilliance Extra Classes

Brilliance Extra Classes

Brilliance Extra Classes was established in 2013 by Students with the primary objective of helping learners particularly in townships public schools with educational programs. The organization continues to impact positively in rural areas through its programs.

Table of Contents

Brilliance Extra Classes Annual Report

Preface Letter from the Chairperson

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Letter from the Vice Chairperson

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Executive Committee profiles

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Vision and Mission

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BEC Footprint

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Introduction BEC Strategic Overview

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BEC adopt a school

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Autumn Classes 2014

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CUT Open Day

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FS Education: Parents Meeting

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Career Guidance: Overview

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Bloemfontein

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Botshabelo

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Winburg

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Thaba Nchu Matric Camp

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Mandela Day

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Mpatleng and Tlokola SS

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Mpatleng SS: Entrepreneur Day

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Slightly Big areas

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Spring Classes 2014

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Annual Financial Report

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BEC Administration 2013-2014

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Table of contents

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Letter from the Chairperson

Our strategic plan in education lies primarily on learners’ development particularly leaners in grade 9, 10, and 11. The action plan that we are implementing within township public schools works effectively although we have a long way to achieve our objectives.

One fundamental aspect that we are currently executing is the distribution of career guidance across the borders of the Free State to ensure that learners become acquainted with various courses available at universities prior arriving at higher learning institution.

We at BEC, use education as a tool to fight youth unemployment.

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Letter from the Vice Chairperson

The level of education in township public schools differ significantly from that of ‘’upstate public schools (private)’’.

As a result, learners in public school normally provide a vague knowledge in various educational programs, from content to career. In order to transform pedagogy in township public schools, new pedagogical strategies need to be implemented in townships schools.

Although the passing rate in these aforementioned schools differ to a certain extent, we (BEC) aim to work towards helping Free State province in implementing our educational programs that align with Basic Education Department to educate children and inspire them to do well when they get to matric exams.

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Executive Committee Profiles

Mohale Makoae

Pakiso Moeti Vice Chairperson

Chairperson N.Dip Civil Engineering Mohale is a Co-founder of BEC and serves as the Chairperson of the organization. He is also a tutor and holds a position of HOD of Mathematics. He is responsible for ensuring that the governance of BEC aligns with its mandate. Mohale is very active in leading all the activities within the organization.

BSc (Molecular Biology), BSc Honours (Genetics), M.Med.Sc (Medical Sciences) Pakiso is another Co-founder of BEC and holds a position of Vice Chairperson. In 2014, he was appointed the HOD of Life Sciences; he is also tutoring the subject. He is a vibrant member of BEC and works together with the chairman to ensure that the organization delivery its objectives. Pakiso is the head of the Curriculum for the organization.

Neo Semoli Portia Tlhobelo Secretary General B.Ed. FET (Languages) Portia joined BEC in 2014 and upon her arrival was appointed Secretary General of BEC. She is very enthusiastic English tutor at BEC. She ensure that there is a proper communications between BEC executive committee and its members

Treasurer B.Ed. FET (Languages) Neo is the Treasure of BEC; she's also a tutor for English and currently serves as the HOD of English at BEC. She joined the organization in 2014. Neo help other students with SI classes at Central University of Technology. She's a very committed and vibrant member, determined individual who is passionate about life and embraces every opportunity to make a difference.

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Vision and Mission

Mission

Vision The vision of BEC is to deliver educational prospects required by learners in township public school

The mission of BEC is to visit Free State township schools in order to:  Venture assistance in underperforming schools and enrich their passing rate through extra classes  Prepare learners from a young age to become acquainted with careers available at universities  Help learners to choose subjects that complement their career choices  Involve parents to support learners in formal education system and comprehend the imperative of education  Distribute career guidance across Free State township schools

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Career guidance

Brilliance Extra Classes footprints

Extra Classes & Career Guidance

Kroonstad

Bothaville

Wesselsbron

Theunissen Ficksburg

Winburg Bloemfontein

Marquard Thaba Nchu

Botshabelo Edenburg

Trompsburg

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Brilliance Extra Classes Strategic Overview

Over the past two years, Brilliance Extra Classes (BEC) has impacted positively in some of the Free State township public schools through its programmes. A fundamental emphasis is to uplift underperforming schools within the province by engaging learners in our educational programmes.

The two key focus areas are extra classes and career guidance within the province.

The quality of education remains a primary apprehension for South African Government and aim to enrich its quality. Grade 9 learners in particular are assessed by Annual National Assessment (ANA) to improve literacy and numeracy. These two critical points are the core areas the Government needs to improve.

BEC strategic plan focuses primarily in learners doing grade 9, 10, & 11 aimed at invigorating learning environment in township public school. The organisation has made meaningful changes within the lives of those unprivileged by giving them an opportunity to know the imperatives of education.

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Our educational programmes align with Basic Education Department objectives, and during the course of the financial year BEC has implemented its programmes. We are currently moving towards measuring the impact of our programmes in schools. Career guidance on the other hand emerges to increase the number of township public school learners to pursue post-schooling education.

We have been working with universities within the Free State, University of the Free State (UFS) but mostly Central University of Technology (CUT) thus far.

BEC allot learning in schools by tutoring the following subjects: Accounting; Business Studies; Economics; Economic Management Sciences; English; Life Orientation; Life Sciences; Mathematics; Natural Sciences; and Physical Sciences.

BEC adopt a School Enriching learners performance In 2014, BEC adopted Commtech Comprehensive School due to its poor matric passing rate in Class of 2013. The school had the poorest passing rate of 67.74% in Motheo District, Free State. BEC adopted the school with the hope of transforming the passing rate paying much attention in pre-matric learners.

Classes commenced on the 8th February 2014 aimed particularly to furnish a stimulating learning environment to learners in grade 9 to 11. The primary focus in this context was to prepare learners for various challenges they may face when they get to grade 12 and allot strategies on how to tackle the problems. The first trimester of 2014 was designed exclusively for this school.

Pupils alluded that they were very delighted to have BEC project at the school.

Pupils from the aforementioned school were assessed based on the work they did towards the end of the trimester in order to evaluate the performance for major subjects. We were unable to measure our impact due to internal conflicts of school management, hence BEC abandoned the school.

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Autumn Classes

Xhariep District

Edenburg and Trompsburg Four other Free State Districts are not the direct measures of the execution of our objectives, they are however a platform of inspiration for learners to enhance their passing rate through motivation and giving classes for a week (5 days) and career guidance in the process. Autumn classes were conducted during March school holidays (31 March – 5 April 2014) in Xhariep District, Western Free State in two towns namely Edenburg and Trompsburg.

During the visit, BEC tutors were actively dispensing extra classes to learners in Albertina Sisulu SS and Trompsburg SS. Learners were assessed towards the end of the week to evaluate whether they understand the work done during the week. During this period, and according CAPS syllabus, term 1 work were repeated by BEC to ensure that learners remain on track with the work.

On Saturday BEC organised career guidance in Edenburg Community hall and the second career guidance was conducted in Trompsburg SS. Due to the fact that majority of students that are enrolling at universities are from “upstate public schools”, BEC support township learners to access universities through its career guidance programme. BEC involve parents/guardians to support learners in education and to comprehend the imperatives of formal education.

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CUT Open Day Prospective Students

April 26 2014, a CUT Open Day for prospective students was crucial for BEC to actively participate in recruiting students for 2015 academic year.

Various schools from Free State province gathered at the institution to receive guidance on career paths to pursue post-schooling.

BEC as an affiliate of CUT participated in numerous chores in all 4 faculties found at the institution namely Humanities; Engineering and Information Technology; Economic Management Sciences; and Health and Environmental Sciences.

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FS Education Department

Parents meeting

Parent’s involvement Free State education department initiative to encourage parents to support learners in formal education was held at CUT on the 4th May 2014. Motheo district Director Ms Motsoeneng was the speaker of the day. The role of parents in children’s education is enormous and should be nurtured through genuine interventions.

During the gathering, BEC ventured assistance to pupils in grade 12 with career guidance and outlined the courses that are available at CUT for 2015 academic year. Matric learners have benefitted from career guidance programme and one of the learners commented, “Brilliance Extra Classes project has helped me to know about career path that best suit me and I provided a vague knowledge prior being allotted guidance, thank you BEC’’. BEC project continue to inspire learners to pursue post-schooling education.

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Career Guidance Overview

Career guidance as a tool should be dispensed effectively in township public schools to ensure that learners in these schools are well equipped with valuable information prior arriving at higher learning institutions. This will in turn reduces the amount of students dropping out at universities because in most cases students dropping out at universities are those that did not receive career guidance while they were in matric.

However, BEC has initiated career guidance in order to assist learners with career choices that are available at university, minimum requirements, subject combination and opportunities available post university. In 2014 academic year, BEC embarked with career guidance in Motheo district, Free State whereby township schools in Bloemfontein (some) were visited by the organisation. BEC also travelled Free State districts with the primary objective of dispensing career guidance in those affected areas by scarcity of university information.

Grade 12 learners are not within the boundaries of BEC; however, the organization is aware about lack of information in grade 12 pupils, particularly those in township public schools. As a result, BEC include grade 12 pupils on their career guidance programs in order to give them guidelines on various courses available at South African universities.

Furthermore, the organisation aims to expand its program in the future in such a way that all universities within the country implement guidance at an early age.

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Career Guidance

Bloemfontein

Career Development BEC career guidance programme is a useful tool that has been executed in disadvantaged communities since 2013 in order to improve the knowledge in career choices. Following March 2014 school holidays, BEC implemented the plan of travelling Free State province to educate young learners about the importance of education. Our career guidance program includes importance of education, CUT prospectus, financial assistance through NSFAS and bursaries, and university lifestyle.

The schools that BEC targeted in Bloemfontein for career dispensation were Vulamasango SS and Commtech CS. The school principal from Vulamasango SS was available to witness the prestigious event. She commented that “It’s very rare to see young people lobbying on big issues like career development, and conveying career guidance in a civilised manner”.

Supporting learner’s particularly Black township children to access universities shall be a legacy we will leave for our predecessors.

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Career Guidance

Bloemfontein

Kopanong Secondary School

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Career Guidance

Botshabelo

Leratong Secondary School On the 24 May 14, BEC journeyed to Botshabelo in Motheo District to convey career development at Leratong Secondary School. The mandate was executed effectively within the school. Every school that BEC has allotted career guidance gave gratitude based on our programme delivery; hence, we will continue to champion our mandate which is dispensed at the interest of learners.

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Career Guidance

Winburg

Naledi Ya Bochabela Secondary School

Learners at Naledi Ya Bochabela in Winburg were granted career guidance from BEC on the 31st May 2014. BEC executed its career programs in this particular school to ensure that learners follow relevant career rather than being trapped in those they dislike.

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FS Education department

Matric Camp

Thaba Nchu Matric Camp During winter school holidays, BEC worked in association with Free State Education department in Thaba Nchu, at former Teacher Training College. The primary objective was to help pupils in grade 12 with their major subjects with the hope of defending 1st position attained by the class of 2013. Winter classes in this specific location were a maximum of two weeks and the organisation helped in various chores during that period.

Winter school (Matric camp) was alienated into two groups and various townships in Southern Free State attended the classes. In this first group, 9 (nine) schools formed part of Matric camp, Sehlabeng SS (Ladybrand), Qibing SS (Wepener), Itukisetseng Bokamoso SS (Hobhouse), Tweespruit CS (Tweespruit), Excelsior CS (Excelsior), Reutlwahetse SS (Excelsior), Metsimaphodi SS (Dewetsdorp), Ntemoseng (Botshabelo), and Sediti SS (Thaba Nchu). Roughly 900 pupils from aforementioned schools were given career guidance and all COURSES available at CUT towards the end of the extra classes.

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"Brilliance Extra Classes remain a vanguard organization with the aim of transforming pedagogy particularly in township public schools''

FS Education department

Matric Camp

Thaba Nchu Matric Camp The second group of winter school (Matric camp) comprises of 9 (nine) school mainly from Botshabelo, Popano SS, Ntemoseng SS, KgoraThuto SS, Reamohetswe SS, Senakangwedi SS, Kgauho SS, Ntumediseng SS, Leratong SS, and Mpatleng SS. In the second group, approximately 1100 learners received guidance from BEC.

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Mandela Day

The 18th July 2014, a day to celebrate our hero Dr Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela who fought for Black South African to be liberated from former White apartheid regime, was critical for BEC. On the day, BEC cleaned a former Teacher Training College in Thabu Nchu, which FS Education Department use to host matric camps during school holidays. BEC cleaned the place to show how deeply we care about the education of our fellow black South Africans to have a decent education in a tidy environment.

"Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to conquer the world", Nelson Mandela

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Mpatleng SS and Tlokola SS

Learners at Mpatleng and Tlokola SS received a tremendous support from CUT affiliate regarding career guidance. It is imperative to continue to venture assistance to grade 12 pupils to eradicate setback that inevitably hinder learning in their schools. We, at BEC believe that majority of learners in township public schools are the victims of unemployment and this constantly affect them post schooling.

Venturing assistance is one of the core mandates that we are currently implementing within township schools to enable learners to be inspired and do well in education in general.

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Mpatleng Secondary School Entrepreneur day

One of the initiatives by the department of education is to encourage learners in township public schools to become entrepreneurs with the primarily objective of creating job opportunities. Mpatleng SS which is located in Botshabelo, Free State invited BEC to form part of the entrepreneur’s day which was held at the school. One of the speaker, member of executive council (MEC) of Free State education, Mr Tate Makgoe alluded that learners should become assets of SA economy by implementing what they learn in school in moving South Africa forward.

Various numbers of speakers from Free State Provincial government were part of the gathering.

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Slightly big areas Ficksburg

One of the mandates of BEC is the distribution of career guidance across the province. Thus, slightly big areas across the province were the main targets for the organization in order to effectively educate pupils about careers.

These areas include Ficksburg, Bothaville, Kroonstad, and Wesselsbron. We continue impact positively in townships through showing learners the imperatives of formal education and going directly into their schools, which serves as a good incentive for these young minds.

On the 9th August 2014, BEC journeyed to Ficksburg carrying its useful mandate of career guidance with learners from Boitumelo SS and Marallaneng SS.

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Slightly big areas

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Wesselsbron and Bothaville

Slightly big areas

Kroonstad

''Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to conquer the world''

''Career guidance as a tool is a pivotal incentive that encourage learners to pursue post schooling Education''

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Spring Classes

Lejweleputswa District

Taiwe Secondary School Brilliance Extra Classes embarked with classes in Theunissen on the 6th September 2014 at Taiwe Secondary School located in Lejweleputswa District. The main focus was to enlighten learners about the importance of education as we ventured assistance in major subjects. During the visit, learners were emboldened to pay attention to education in order to better their lives. Grade 10 and 11 learners from Taiwe

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Secondary School formed part of Spring Classes with an estimated number of 280 learners. Learners from Taiwe were very pleased to receive tremendous help from BEC which encouraged them to do well in their final exams in order to advance to the next grade. We are championing our educational programs which are dispensed at the interest of learners.

Career guidance

Taiwe Secondary School

On Friday 10th October 2014, BEC presented CUT prospectus to learners from Taiwe SS, grade 12 learners in particular. The aim was to educate pupils with careers that are available at the institution which they can pursue post schooling. Financial aid scheme was also presented to learners as to become acquainted with such pivotal information. Learners were also motivated by BEC hegemony to take education very serious in such a way that they do not become the victims of unemployment.

“We are championing our educational programs which are dispensed at the interest of learners in township schools�

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Entertainment

Taiwe Secondary School

On the last day of the classes, BEC entertained learners with some sports and a talent show.

During our sport day, BEC tutors and learners had a soccer match because our educational programs are also designed to merge education with sports and entertainment. Later during the day, learners were allowed to compete in a talent show and a

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total of 5 classes took part during the show. Class leaders were given the theme to perform on a stage and to include BEC and Education while they were acting.

Awards

Learners Performance

On Friday 10th October 2014, learners were assessed based on the work they did during that week whereby learners wrote assessments in all our major subjects. The best learners were selected by combining all subjects wrote, from science stream to commerce stream. The average was calculated and the learners with highest average in both grade 10 & 11 were selected. Best two in grade 10 and best three in grade 11 received awards in order to encourage pupils to continue to excel academically.

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Annual Financial Report

Budget from Governance and Student Life contribution under Mr. Peter Kokoana “China” (CUT) for 2014 academic year 

R6000.00 as a second year organization

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R6000.00 as we managed to work without any budget

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R1700.00 for affiliation members of our organization

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R5760.00 from donations and contribution from members

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Total budget we spend for 2014 is R19 460.00

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Administration

Guardian

2013-2014

: Mokoena J (Appointed April 2014)

Founders

: Makoae MS and Moeti PJ

Executive Committee

: Makoae MS (Appointed January 2013) : Moeti PJ (Appointed January 2013) : Semoli N (Appointed January 2014) : Tlhobelo P (Appointed January 2014)

Head of Departments

: Phopha S, Physical Sciences (Appointed January 2014) : Thekiso TT, Economics (Appointed January 2014) : Makhetha TJR, Business Studies (Appointed January 2014) : Motloung T, Accounting (Appointed January 2014) : Kanye S, English (Appointed January 2014) : Motlengoa T, Mathematics (Appointed January 2014) : Cabe LE, Life Sciences (Appointed January 2014) : Molefe M, Natural Sciences (appointed January 2014)

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