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Achieving instructional excellence

This episode features a walk through some of the rubrics of a school turnaround programme. The object of a school turnaround programme is achieving instructional excellence and rendering appropriate and adequate support to all students and every child.

Every child in a turnaround school is recognised as an independent entity requiring special attention. A school turnaround programme is time-bound. Well planned and executed school turnaround programmes should mature and show significant student gains from year one to the third year.

Any school turnaround agenda which requires a gestation period beyond three years may be doomed and most unlikely to succeed in making an impact on learning outcomes.

Editor's Comment
Child protection needs more than prevailing laws

The rise in defilement and missing persons cases, particularly over the recent festive period, points not merely to a failure of policing, but to a profound and widespread societal crisis. Whilst the Police chief’s plea is rightly directed at parents, the root of this emergency runs deeper, demanding a collective response from every corner of our community. Marathe’s observations paint a picture of neglect with children left alone for...

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