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About Luzuko Primary School
The following video clips were gathered at Luzuko Primary School in 2012.
In 2012, the situation of the school was as follows: The socio-economic level of the school is at a low level with high unemployment in the Guguletu township. Many learners stay with their grandparents and their parents have disappeared from the scene. Those parents who do earn a salary usually have a drinking problem. The mothers usually keep on drinking during pregnancy and the learners suffer at school because of that. The school is a quintile 3 school receiving food parcels from the Nutritional programme of the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) (c.f. here about the meaning of 'quintile'). There are significant health issues, and many learners have poor concentration ability. The school was built in the 1960’s. There are 408 learners in the school that was built for 600 learners. The school goes from grade R to grade 7. The grade R class is not well equipped. The grade 1 teacher left the teaching profession and the WCED will not supply another teacher to the school because of the dwindling numbers.
English is presented to the learners as a second language. English is not often spoken outside of the classroom. During break-time and after school the learners speak Xhosa – it is just seen as a school subject. Lessons are taught in English from Grade 4 onward with some code switching. All public tests are in English.
