Some More Food for Thought


  • Consistent & Repeated Poor School Achievements creates in learners a poor sense of self-worth and low self-esteem. It tends to become the norm and can
    • Add to the already high drop-out rate (above 12% nationally; 20% for Coloured learners; 9% for black learners).
    • Add to the peer pressure in ‘doing crime’
    • Lead to Drug abuse
    • Create Unemployment and People become Unemployable
    • Lead to Never-ending Government support
    • Fuel Extremely Negative Mindsets
    • Helps to Perpetuate the Cycle of Poverty

  • Given that (Source: Dept of Education – “Action Plan to 2014 – Towards the realisation of Schooling 2025”) “It’s a huge concern that Learners from Grade 3 to Grade 12 haven’t mastered the minimum language and numeracy  competencies for their grades Only about 12% of matriculants qualify for university, less have passed mathematics and even less science …………………………. How can the MILO Learning Programme Help? … more