OUR SCHOOL

Our talented and dynamic teaching staff ensure that high educational standards are achieved, incorporating traditional values and life skills. An exciting choice of sport and cultural activities is offered – our goal is to develop the full individual potential of each pupil. The school has produced young minds with a love of learning, sport and the environment, ready to fulfil their roles as valued members of society.

WHAT IS A TECHNICAL EDUCATION?

Despite the fact that technical education has been a reality for a number of years, there are many people who are completely ignorant or confused about technical education.

A widespread belief that learners who struggle in an ordinary school will find a technical school easier because the subjects are “easier” and the learner can “work with his/her hands” still prevails. Parents who become despondent when their child does not make satisfactory progress at school are sometimes misinformed and persuaded to enrol their child in a technical school despite the following realities :

• In Grade 12, learners in a technical school write exactly the same external exams as those in ordinary schools. The same pass requirements and standards must be maintained.
• The course has a strong Mathematical bias and it is absolutely essential for a learner at a technical school to have an above average Mathematical aptitude.
• The “good with his hands” argument is just as deceptive. Very little time is spent in the work centres and a learner can only earn minimum marks through his/her manual dexterity.

These facts must be borne in mind when deciding to enrol a child in a technical school.