On Tuesday morning we visited the LEAP School of Science and Maths (they always refer to mathematics in S. Africa as Maths). This school started in 2004 with the aim of transforming educationally disadvantaged communities in South Africa through mathematics and science focused education initiatives. The LEAP learning model is designed to support children from South Africa’s poor township communities to be become South Africa’s leaders of the future. LEAP aims to achieve this objective by: facilitating the personal development of each learner into successful and socially responsible citizens, and substantially increasing the number of learners who pass the national secondary maths and science exam thereby enabling access to a full range of tertiary education opportunities. When we arrived, we were greeted in the main room by students who sang several African songs for us. The music filled us with joy and their voices were so clear and powerful!
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