Grade 12's need a sustained care and support programme alongside their hectic academic schedule.
Sasha and her friends celebrating the fact that they have survived the traumatic Grade 12 year. No Grade 12 class should be without a deep care and support programme for the duration of their final school year. The Grade 12s need a sustained programme that focuses on their well-being alongside their hectic academic schedule. Their emotional state can often help them achieve or hinder them from being successful in their final NSC examination. Grade 12 is the most vulnerable group in the system. Grade 12 students are probably the most vulnerable group in education, in terms of the high levels of stressors that they are subjected to. The Grade 12's are in the systems pressure cooker from the day they set foot in their Grade 12 class. Suddenly they are placed in the spotlight by the media and the public. They now have to prove to the nation that they are worthy of the Grade 12 certificate. These students have to contend with an academic year that is shorter and t...