High demand for grade 9 placement
Capacity concerns have forced some Windhoek secondary schools to give preference to their own learners who failed grade 10.
The principal of A Shipena Secondary School, Moses Haufiku, says some learners want to repeat grade 9 because they failed grade 10 under the old curriculum, but they also had to take classroom capacity and the age limit into consideration.
The age limit for a learner who wants to repeat the Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC) from grade 9 is 17 years.
Haufiku says the school has 56 learners who failed grade 10, of whom 27 are 17 years old and are eligible to repeat the grade.
Grade 10 candidates from external institutions who were not promoted to grade 11 wanted to repeat grade 9 at ASS but the school's grade 9 class had reached its full capacity.
Haufiku says the school currently has 230 learners who have been promoted from grade 8, plus 56 who failed grade 9 and have to repeat the grade.
“And then you have 27 that failed grade 10 [who want] to repeat grade 9. So grade 9 is really in demand,” he says.
The principal of Augustineum Secondary School, Rudolf Matengu, says the school has re-enrolled more than 25 learners for JSC.
“What I'm experiencing is learners coming from other schools who failed grade 10, but first priority is our learners,” he says.
The education ministry has announced that full-time learners who failed grade 10 last year have to repeat grade 9 under the new JSC curriculum.
Semi-external examinations will be written at the end of grade 9 this year and those who pass will proceed to the senior secondary phase in 2020 and enrol for the new National Senior Secondary Ordinary Level (NSSCO) course.
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The principal of A Shipena Secondary School, Moses Haufiku, says some learners want to repeat grade 9 because they failed grade 10 under the old curriculum, but they also had to take classroom capacity and the age limit into consideration.
The age limit for a learner who wants to repeat the Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC) from grade 9 is 17 years.
Haufiku says the school has 56 learners who failed grade 10, of whom 27 are 17 years old and are eligible to repeat the grade.
Grade 10 candidates from external institutions who were not promoted to grade 11 wanted to repeat grade 9 at ASS but the school's grade 9 class had reached its full capacity.
Haufiku says the school currently has 230 learners who have been promoted from grade 8, plus 56 who failed grade 9 and have to repeat the grade.
“And then you have 27 that failed grade 10 [who want] to repeat grade 9. So grade 9 is really in demand,” he says.
The principal of Augustineum Secondary School, Rudolf Matengu, says the school has re-enrolled more than 25 learners for JSC.
“What I'm experiencing is learners coming from other schools who failed grade 10, but first priority is our learners,” he says.
The education ministry has announced that full-time learners who failed grade 10 last year have to repeat grade 9 under the new JSC curriculum.
Semi-external examinations will be written at the end of grade 9 this year and those who pass will proceed to the senior secondary phase in 2020 and enrol for the new National Senior Secondary Ordinary Level (NSSCO) course.
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