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ENG2601 Assignment 2 2024 (155291) - 24 June 2024
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ENG2601ASSIGNMENT 2 2024
(155291) - 24 JUNE
2024
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, ENG2601 Assignment 2 2024 (155291) - 24 June 2024
Read the extract from a media statement below and answer the questions that follow. MEC David
Maynier launches #BackOnTreack campaign# 11 May 2023 Massive R1.2 billion #BackOnTrack
campaign launched to reverse learning losses in the Western Cape Today we launched the
#BackOnTrack programme, which is a big, bold intervention to reverse Covid-19 learning losses in the
Western Cape. The pandemic is over, but the effect of the pandemic is not over. Earlier this year, we
released our 2022 systemic test results for Mathematics and Reading, which confirmed that during the
pandemic, learning outcomes fell off a cliff. We simply cannot say that a child is receiving quality
education if more than half of our Grade 3, 6, and 9, learners cannot achieve the basic pass score for
Mathematics and Reading. And we expect the results of the Progress in International Reading and
Literacy Study 2021, due to be released next week, to show learners across our country are facing the
same challenge. We have to act, and we have to act decisively, and we have to act in a way that has
impact in order to deal with what is a full-blown learning crisis. This is why we are investing a massive
R1.2 billion into our #BackOnTrack programme over the next three years, to improve learning outcomes
so that our children have a better future in the Western Cape. The programme marks a big change from
‘business as usual’ in our schools. The scale of the programme is unprecedented: 333 schools have been
selected to receive targeted support based on the systemic test results, in addition to the 1 100 schools
already receiving extra support in the Foundation Phase since 2022. 4 The new schools selected will
identify 126 000 learners, 8 980 teachers and 28 000 parents targeted for focussed participation, in
addition to the 310 000 learners and 10 000 teachers already participating in the Foundation Phase. All
school phases are covered, with all grades in the Foundation Phase, and Grade 4 in the Intermediate
Phase, Grades 7 and 8 in the Senior Phase, and Grades 10 and 12 in the Further Education and Training
Phase, targeted. All stakeholders in learning are being supported simultaneously, recognising that we can
all make a contribution towards improving learning outcomes. We’re using a variety of teaching,
learning and support methods, both in person and online. For example, we will be taking some of our
Grade 4, 7 and 8 teachers out of class every ten days, for targeted support. And our Grade 12s will
participate in biweekly online afternoon sessions with expert presenters in a wide range of subjects. We
will be applying tried and tested methods in grades where they have not previously been used. For
example, where Saturday classes were previously used for matrics in preparation for their exams, Grades
4, 7 and 8 will now have #BackOnTrack classes on Saturdays. The #BackOnTrack programme
complements and builds on existing programmes. We are entrenching previously successful interventions
that have been shown to work, including as proven eLearning platforms like the Maths Curriculum
Online programme in the Foundation Phase, while introducing new ways of teaching and learning. And
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