Episode 20 Back2School It Up
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Episode 20: Back2School It Up
Sunday 18th January 2026 / 28th Rajab 1447AH 14h00 - 15h00 (CAT)
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Episode 20: Back2School It Up
Sunday 18th January 2026 / 28th Rajab 1447AH 14h00 - 15h00 (CAT)
Transcript
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To dear listeners, it's our favorite day of the week. It's Yomul Aad. It's just
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past 200 p.m. right here in South Africa.
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And it's the 28th day of Rajab 1447 ah which corresponds to Sunday the 18th of January 2026.
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I am Zad Plachis and with me are my co-hosts Nabia and Issa Plachis. Welcome to Level Up, where we listen, learn, and
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grow, inshallah, with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's guidance, and we break down the week's news and talk about what really
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matters to young Muslims. Today, our WhatsApp line is open. The number is 0727861548.
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You can call in on 01-85472 or DM us on.com.
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That's I L O V E Z A C O M. We on Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Tik Tok, as well as threads.
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So today in the program, we are going back to school. Yes, it's the first week
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back at school. It's the first week of school for some little ones who have just started school for the first time
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this week. And also the class of 2025 just recently received their results.
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After the half hour, we take a look at the world of concessions.
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But right now, let's look at some of the top stories this week. Yes. So, the long wait is finally over.
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The metric 2025 results are out. Um the 2025 metric results were officially
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released on the 12th of January. It was available online at midnight midnight on the 13th of January which was Tuesday
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morning and it brought with it a wave of emotions for learners, parents, teachers, communities across South
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Africa. Um from joyful celebrations to quiet reflection, the release of metric
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results is always a defining moment not just for learners but for the country as a whole. So let's look at some of the
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key highlights from the 2025 metric results. South Africa recorded a strong
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national pass rate reflecting steady improvement and consistency in learner per performance.
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Thousands of learners achieve bachelor passes, opening doors to universities and other higher educational institutes.
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Several provinces improved on last year's performance with healthy competition among top performing
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regions. Many schools celebrated 100% pass rates, which is a testament to committed educators and focused learners.
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Teachers and principles were praised for their dedication, often going beyond the classroom to support learners.
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So from that you can see the results show that despite ongoing challenges in the education system, progress is possible when communities work together.
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Yes. So that's so true that um if we work as a community, we can get through anything. they they say that it takes a
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village to raise a child and that um is a fact because it's especially when it comes to metric results I think the
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whole community gets involved um you know when it's a metric year you somehow I mean even if it's like friends or
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family everyone is supporting they're waiting for the results um anticipating you know whether you pass or fail or um
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you know you get your seven distinctions or whatever it is. I can remember and I'm probably going to give my age away when um we were still at school and I
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was in metric and uh they we we would get our metric results. It was just
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before the end of December and we would go down to the newspaper, the media house and in Durban was the daily news
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and we'll wait outside there. you see all the metrics. Um, everyone is gathering there waiting for them to
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release the newspaper, you know, hot off the press and you get the newspaper and everyone uh scurries to look for their
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name and to see whether they pass and it it was a bit daunting because I mean like all your friends and sometimes your
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family come with you as well and now you're looking and it's like such a public event.
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Um then obviously because of that and the trauma involved in all of that um
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they then said you know let's just I think it was the ID number first where they would just publish the ID number in
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the newspaper and then uh they moved on to your exam number because did we have an exam
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number? Yeah, we did have an exam number but we didn't even use it.
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Um yeah and then they they published the exam number and then it was whole the whole Poppy Act um personal um
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protection of personal information and obviously people were up in arms again and you know it it again it leads to you
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know depression, suicide you know th those things and then they said you know
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what let's make it uh even more um
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private it and just you log on to the uh department's um
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portal you put in your I think it's your ID number or your exam number now and you get your results so you know like
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like you would at at a at a university as well you know you log in with your details and only you can see your results
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unless they know what's your um examination number or ID number yeah well but I mean People don't even know their phone numbers nowadays. So, I
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mean, they don't even know their their numbers. They um have to carry around a piece of paper just for them to remember those things. So,
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um but what you described before, okay, maybe like you said it was daunting and this and that, but it sounds like a whole experience. I never had that. Um
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but you know like you you mentioned people would come with you and it sounds almost fun you know like a community and
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getting together. So in a way you experienced um a community coming together which was nice. I had a very different experience.
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Yeah it it it was nice. Um I mean everything has its pros and cons and you
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know its time and place and I think nowadays um like even like you say you
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had a totally different experience and everyone has a different experience and for me yeah it could have been daunting because you know I wasn't sure
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whether I was going to pass cuz uh in my micia I went through quite a traumatic experience um But
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you know for others it was a celebration you know um they were just looking out to see how many A's they got for for
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example you know um but there are others of us that were looking to see is your name in the newspaper. Yeah,
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you know, so um you know, everyone has a different experience and I think now as well and I think we we should talk more
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on the subject of you know like what what do you do when if you fail or you know um you don't do as well as as you hoped to.
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Yeah. Um yeah, we should uh go into that. Do you want to do that now? Yeah, we can.
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Okay. So there is something that I actually wanted to mention in terms of what do you do if you don't uh do as well as you know you thought you would.
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There was um a student that I know who wrote her metric exams and then the next year she came back to just repeat two of
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the subjects where she felt that she didn't do well in. So, I mean there's that option of repeating a few subjects,
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you know, if you feel like you you could have done better in that or um you didn't you maybe you failed that and you really want those subjects to go to
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whatever you're furthering on to but um there is that option.
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Yeah. So, so there's quite a few options. So, one of them is a remark, right? There are costs involved. Um everything is available on depending on
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your IB or uh department of basic education on on their portals. Um and
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they have deadlines as well of when you need to submit these things. So make sure you have the proper documentation,
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you have the proper forms uh that need to be submitted and you submit them in the correct deadlines. Right? So the
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first thing is um a remark. That's that's the easiest one. So um you look at the results where and uh you know
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that you that you did better than than you did, right? And they I mean it's it's human error. They could have marked
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um your paper wrong. They could have captured the results wrong. There could be many variables, right?
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Not just human error like you said the capture capturing could something in this in the program in the system.
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Yeah. Mhm. Um, and then also maybe you got uh, you know, a 37 and you could push it up to a 40 say for example.
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Um, so so that's that's the remark. Then there's a rewrite. Again, you need the
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proper forms, uh, proper documentation and there's a deadline to submit that because they have, um, a specific time
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in which you write the supplementary exam they call it, right? Um so again you look at and there's cost involved
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again and um you look at what are the subjects that you feel that you know I
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could have done better but for some reason I froze on the day or I um got jumbled up with while I was
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doing it or whatever the reason was or I feel that I can still um maybe you know
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study a bit more and maybe I could get a better result. So there's that and then um so that's the rewrite and then like
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you said there's redoing a a subject. So you feel like you know what um I didn't
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completely understand this or you went through the process you went through the the remark the rewrite and you felt now you know I'm not getting anywhere
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nothing's changed so let me rather retake the subject and you can do that you can um go on the
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following year and do uh the subject again you can go back to your same school if you don't want you can do it via distance learning um there's many
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options ions for you to to do that. I mean, if you feel uh I want to rather do it part-time and and go out and work uh
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whatever it is, you can still, you know, do redo that that subject um or
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subjects. Those are the three options that you that are available to you. Yeah. Alhamdulillah. Options.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. So, a little bit more about the metric 2025 result. Here's a press release from the IEB which is the
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independent examinations board. So the independent examinations with the IEB has announced the results of the 2025
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national senior certificate examination which is national senior certificate is NSC
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um achie achieving an overall pass rate of 98.31% reflecting the continued strength
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stability and credibility of the IEB assessment system. All candidates who successfully completed the 2025 IEB NSC
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examinations achieved a pass that qualifies them for postchool study at one of three levels. 89.12% achieved
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entry to degree study compared to 89.37% in 2024. 7.83%
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qualified for diploma study compared to the 7.56% in 2024.
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1.34% achieve entry to highest certificate study compared to 1.53%. So that one is
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a bit lower than last year's rate. I mean 2024's rate and 02% achieved an endorsed NSC.
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So, a total of 16,63 full-time candidates and 1,350
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part-time candidates um which is a com combined total of 17,413
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wrote the IEB NSC examinations in October and November 2025 at 277
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examination venues registered across 263 examination centers nationwide.
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So as you mentioned so it was full-time students so that would be you know the people in the school and then part-time
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for whatever reason they managed to to write it part-time which is good it it's good to have that option and then um
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this represents a continued and significant expansion of the IEB cohort up from four 14,990
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full-time candidates in 2024 and 13,967 in 2023. three. So, the 2025 cohort
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includes candidates from nine new schools across three provinces alongside
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sustained growth from longstanding IEB schools.
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And then in terms of growth and performance trends, although there's been a marginal decrease in the overall and bachelor pass rates compared to
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2024. Okay. So yeah, so that basically just says that you know the percentage uh of the degrees and the high study was
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lower compared to 2024. All right. So for those who didn't do IEB, there's also um more information on that. The
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government congratulates the class of 2025 on achieving an exceptional national senior certificate
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pass rate of 88% marking the highest pass rate in the country. So I first mentioned the IEB. So but there's a lot of people who don't do the IE.
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Yeah. So IB is just uh for those that don't know it's mostly p it's private schools.
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So this is basically like I said government um schools, public schools and um it would do well to note that
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Quazula Natal topped the rankings with a pass rate of 90.6% with all other provinces performing at over 80%.
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Alhamdulillah.
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But there was a school in Limpopo that received a 0% pass rate. Pass rate. I did not hear of that.
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That was quite big news this week. Um I'm not sure the name of the school, but it they received a 0% pass rate and
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everybody's like up in arms and they wanted to know, you know, is it the kids' fault, is it the educator's fault, is it the parents fault, is it the
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department's fault, you know, like who's to blame?
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It is quite sad when absolutely no one in in the metric class passed.
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Yeah, it it is it's also questionable like did the the were the were the teach sorry were the students not paying attention?
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Were the teachers not giving their all?
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Well, that's that's the thing. Now there's going to be an investigation as to why none of them passed. I'm not sure what the results were like. Like how
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badly did they not pass. Um but yeah, there has to be an investigation as to why there was a 0% um pass rate in that Limpopus school.
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Yeah, that that sounds very questionable.
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go for a break. When we return, we'll continue this conversation and we will also be diving into the world of
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Yes. So we were talking about the metric results and how there has been an increase for last year's metricul metriculants with you mentioning a bit
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of an unfortunate piece of news and uh also how it was back in your our days.
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So it should be noted that you know while we celebrate this achievement like you mentioned there's other um aspects to what or options as to what you can do
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if um you don't get the mark that you feel you deserve.
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Yeah. Or you unfortunately fail. And then um continuing from that article that I mentioned about the government
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schools uh let me just continue reading what is it while the government celebrates the achievement they remain mindful of learners who did not achieve
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the results that they had hoped for which you know I mean is to be stated and then these learners they go on to
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say that are reminded that an examination outcome alone does not define their worth or future prospects.
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And that should definitely be said to our um students to our learners to all our children because I mean we we do
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place a lot of emphasis on it but and I think it's not only at at metric level I think it's um throughout your
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schooling career that you know there's a lot of pressure and I know there's some schools that actually turn um students
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away. We're talking about private schools obviously um because you know they're not getting the required results
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uh because they want that 100% pass rate or they want um you know all the learners to achieve a 80 or 90% average
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or whatever it is and it puts a lot of pressure um obviously I mean it's a private school they they allow to do you know whatever
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they want to but it puts a lot of pressure for those kids in that environment Yes, that actually reminds me of this
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little post that I saw a long time ago that had, you know, all these animals of different shapes and sizes and um like
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say an elephant, a snake, a a duck, um a giraffe, and then it says, "Okay, for
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you to pass um this your school year or your academic year, you need to be able to climb that tree."
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So you know it's like basically saying we are all and it's true we are all different we are all unique and we have
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our strengths and our weaknesses but now you want to be put through a system that
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you know grades you in only one way there's no absolute other way well that's that's the thing and I think
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it's um I think you mentioned before that you know the schools have become like very um corporatized.
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Yes. Unfortunately.
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Yeah. And and the thing is it's even down to the application process. I mean
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before we would go into a a school um you'll sit down with the principal and
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they'll um you know like have an interview with you. You'll go around the school and see how it is and then you'll fill in an application form and if your
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results were good or you're from a feeder school or you're living in the area then they would accept you. But now everything is done online, right? And
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the department has a portal which is good cuz I mean everything is done online and it's easy and it's supposed to be streamlined.
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Yeah, streamlined. It's supposed to be safer. Uh documents don't get lost, you know, all those type of things. And there are pros to it, but there's also
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cons because again, it's machines, right? And they make mistakes. We spoke about it last week and um it brings me
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to a post that I saw uh just like a day or two ago um on Facebook where a mother
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is, you know, like distraught now because her one child is sit basically sitting at home because uh they don't
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have a place to go to. And the reason being is that she has her uh twin boys I
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think at a particular school at a high school and um she wanted to send the other kid to that same school. and she
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applied like the normal process and she was denied and they gave the child a placement but at another school which is
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in the opposite direction or you know far from the school that she's sending to and she can't afford to go to two schools to drop off the kids
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uh logistically it it won't work out and I mean they they give you an option on the portal to choose up to five
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schools that's you know uh in the area or you know like so that you're not restricted to one school, but she
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obviously wants all her kids to be at the same school. And also, I mean, you get like a siblings discount at most schools for
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Isn't that the thing? You know, like if you have um siblings already in a school.
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Well, that was the thing, but now apparently um the school it comes back as it's
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overs subscribed, meaning there's too many learners in the school, right? which which also is a good thing in the sense that uh they're not
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becoming overcrowded but I mean where do you draw the line where this is a special circumstance so who steps in and
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says you know let's look at it case per case and let's say okay well this is a
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special circumstance obviously you know like uh it it might get out of hand because now you're setting a precedent
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and then you know they'll have to start looking at every case or whatever it is.
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But this is obviously a special case where she has two kids already at one school. She wants to send the other kid
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to the school. And now she she sat down with the the teachers, the principal, they've said, you know, like it's unfair
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or whatever it is, but their hands are tied because obviously it's in the hands of the department.
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Yeah. So who actually gives that um who has the authority? who has the authority to be able to change that because I mean
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logistically it makes more sense for her to have you know all ch all three children at the same place and um
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yeah it's a very it's it's very different it's no but I I think um you know the the the
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thing is that it has to be taken on case per case everything needs to be and and that this is the discussion now that
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we're going to have about concessions is that everything is done on a case-by- case basis with the idea and with not the idea but
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with the realization that we've all realized that we are all different. We are all living different lives. So there's no no
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two people are the same and I mean no two people in the same family are the same as well. Exactly.
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But uh this is the reality. We we can't keep putting people in the same box. We
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can't keep grouping people because I mean I well I can talk a lot about that.
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So they mentioned that learners experiencing emotional distress. Now this is important. This is why I wanted to mention it. Learners experiencing
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emotional distress, anxiety or disappointment are encouraged to seek support through the following free and
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confidential services. So our students and families need to know, you know, there are um ways for them to reach out
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out there, you know, someone to talk to like Childline South Africa, which is um a 24-hour tall free service for children
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and young people. Um it says 116. Um that's the number 116.
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I've never checked that out actually. Do you know if that's true? I'm not sure.
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I also don't know if it's true. So I need to just double check that. And then there's South African Depression and Anxiety Group, SADG. And then they also
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have a 24-hour tollfree number which is 0800567567.
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Um there's a suicide crisis line. So but there are students who feel that way unfortunately because of the pressure.
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But before you do anything, please you know like I said speak to someone. Um that's 0800567567.
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That's the same line as SAD. Um then there's what's it? Suppler or C I P L A which is a WhatsApp chat line.
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Suppler is a um a pharmaceutical company.
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Okay. So they have a WhatsApp chat line which is 07682275 and uh yeah so the governor goes on to
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say learners who do not pass or get the results that they hope for are further encouraged to explore the second chance metric program supplementary
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examinations and alternative education and training pathways. something that you've mentioned earlier in the show.
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But before you carry on, I just wanted to say there's also um like uh Islamic uh care line and you know
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there are um brothers and sisters who are assisting Matrix um in terms of counseling you know
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that's very good to know. Do you know the number of Bahad? No, I don't know the number of heart but um it's Islamic Aine. Okay. So I just
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quickly check the Islamic Aine number just for those who need to know. It's 078727134.
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So um yeah, there's various counseling services. I believe the Jalama also has counseling services. Yes, they do.
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And then also across our studios here in Lania, there's Islamic helpline. Um so if you're in the the south of
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Johannesburg in Koku Avenue in Lanesia, there's Islamic helpline. So the there's many, you know, like options like you
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say the jam as well. um that you can reach out and I mean you can go to your local masid as well and there are molanas there or aas that can assist.
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The main thing is try and speak to someone whom you trust or you feel comfortable with. And I mean as parents
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also we we should try we should try our best not to pressure for you know like um
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results or even even like not just metric results but for like every grade you know we we should not place too much emphasis on that.
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Inshallah. There was also another thing in terms of you know this second chance program that I mentioned that the government spoke about in this press
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release. They say it's provided free of charge to candidates. Okay.
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The second chance program. So check it out if you want to um you know you did not get the results that you hope for or
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you know like you you you need to do um alternative education and training. Okay.
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Inshallah shukran for that information Nabia um that was quite a long article
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it was it was long because I had to keep breaking it up but yeah it's no but it was it was it was a lot of useful information
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um and hopefully our listeners um will be able to benefit from it inshallah listen learn and grow inshallah but
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right now um we have a something different so Um, over to you, Isa.
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Remember in the other episode, Educated Up, you guys, my parents interviewed me about homeschooling.
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Mhm. Now, I will interview you guys, my parents, on concessions facilitation, and you'll have to answer the questions.
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And the questions I came up with is number one, what is concessions facilitation?
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Do you want to take this? Um, okay. I'll you or you want to take it? I'll expand on it.
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Okay. Concessions facilitation refers to the professional support provided to students with learning barriers,
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disabilities or medical conditions to ensure they can complete assessments, that's their test and exams on a level playing field with their peers.
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So it is less about giving an advantage and more about removing obstacles that prevent a student from showing what they actually know.
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Okay. Okay.
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You so a concessions facilitator is basically a trained individual who assists the student during a test or an
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exam in you know like um many of one of these roles. So there's a reader, there's a scribe, there's a prompter, um
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there's an invigilator and as well as many wenses. So reader as it sounds it's
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someone who would read for the the student read the examination paper um and then the student would obviously
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write the paper themsel and then you could even read back their answers to them so that they can make sure that they have written exactly what they
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wanted to. Then in terms of a scribe, it's a person who would so you uh the student um obviously would study
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and would know what you write want to say and then basically know what you want to write and then you would say it
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you would say it out to the scribe and the scribe would write it out onto your examination paper. And then a menu is
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basically both of that a reader and a scribe. It can in include as well a prompt. So you can read for the ch uh
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the student read the examination paper and then scribe say what they I mean write down what they say and then read
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back their answers read so basically it's you know a back of back and forth reading exam p questions reading um the
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test paper sorry reading the questions and then reading their answers back to them but also um some may need like rest breaks or you You need to prompt them.
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Prompt them means to like um gently uh allow them to stay focused you know on
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their task which is the test or the exam. Um there's an invigilator who supervises the student in a separate
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venue to ensure you know that there is still the exam or the test integrity.
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Yeah. So that's basically what a concessions facilitator is.
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Okay. Number two. How long have you guys been doing concessions facilitation for?
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So I've been doing for about 12 years.
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I've been doing for about 10 years I think. Yes.
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Yes. Yeah. You you started just after me. Yeah.
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Okay. Um number three is concessions facilitation for all ages or certain ages only?
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Okay. So, um it's basically like uh it shouldn't be for all ages. Um I know
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when we started doing concessions facilitation, it was not frowned upon, but they didn't allow any children that were still in primary school. I think
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grade seven was like basically um the earliest that you could apply for someone. It was very very frowned upon at grade six level.
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But yeah, you're right. We when we started was mostly for grade seventh. Um but as the years grew they they you know
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they found special circumstances where I think the the lowest grade would be grade six.
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No grade is it grade four cuz I I know I did yes a grade six and a grade five but I know when we started it was grade
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seven. It should have been you know from that age but um from most schools there is um unfortunately you know like a
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special circumstances where they have to start from like you say grade four.
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So basically um it started off that uh it was actually for like grade 11s going
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to grade 12 that needed assistance mainly in their examinations.
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Um and then like we said it it you know like continued to uh include other
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grades as well and now it's gone down to um all the way to grade four.
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Number four, why is concessions facilitation so important? So concessions facilitation is important
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because um it's it's needed like we spoke earlier in the show when we said that there's the special one-on-one
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that's needed and case per case and it's important in the sense that every student is different. They have
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different disabilities, different learning barriers, and different medical conditions. And they need to, like I
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said, the the playing field needs to be level. And in order for it to be level, there needs to be some sort of
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assistance. And that's where a concessions facilitator comes in to assist the students. And it's important
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in the sense that um they get the correct assistance. So there's actually um certification that needs to be done
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before. So it's not just anybody can be a concessions facilitator. You can't just say okay now I want to be a concessions facilitator and just go in
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and you know do whatever you want to because there's certain standards that needs to be followed um in both the IE and um your national senior certificate.
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Number five, do students qualify for concessions facilitation or do you just go in and do concessions facilitation for them?
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Okay. So, no, you don't just go in and do concessions facilitation. Um, they don't uh it's not sort of like qualify,
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but um it's it's not granted just by request. You can't just say um I want extra time. Um I want to be in a
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separate venue. um I want to have a reader, I want to have a scribe. You can't just, you know, say that there has
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to be like a formal application for accommodation. But before you get that, you need to have like a professional
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assessment, you know, a report from an educational psychologist, a psychiatrist or a medical doctor. Um there obviously
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has to be historical evidence. So school reports or teacher comments showing that the student has consistently struggled
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um you know due to a specific barrier and then um you have to get approval from the board. So in many um provinces
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or um areas I suppose a formal body like you know like the department of education or an independent examination
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board must officially approve the concession before it can be used in the final exam. So, so it's you have to
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follow those steps and um I mean there is certain cases where uh like uh a psych psychological
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assessment would say no they don't need but clearly you know you know your child or you know yourself as a student and
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you know that um you tend to have you you have certain barriers or you are
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dyslexic and you know you you need that extra support in terms of um someone there or you need the extra time.
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Yeah. And it's it's it's strict from both the student as well as the facilitator. So the concessions
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facilitator uh needs to have the correct qualifications and um they go through you know like
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some training and um they have to do obviously their own exam to be qualified to be a concessions facilitator and then in terms of the student and the school.
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So all parties involved and the parent as well they all need to adhere to some strict regulation because at the end of
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the day it it mustn't be that the child was given special treatment given an added advantage. So, um it's assistance,
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not um you know like uh not basically just letting someone go
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through um just because um maybe they were lazy to study or they feel like uh they don't understand a subject particular subject.
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Yeah.
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Number six is concessions facilitation only for kids who have dyslexia
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or ADHD and other stuff or is it for all?
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Well, most of the time I um experience children who had dyslexia, dysexia in, you know, writing and in numbers as
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well. um ADHD and ADD mostly um for the you know you know when you had to prompt
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them. So I mean those are most of the cases. There was a few cases where it was medical conditions where um it was a
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student who is able but maybe they sprained their wrist and they were unable to write their um tests their
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their cycle test and their final year exam or midterm midterm exam or something like that. So in terms of like
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medical injuries uh where they are unable to um there's medical conditions as well. So there's kids that fall asleep during
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exams um and and no not like lazy fall asleep like they have a condition and they need
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to either be on medication or they need you know like a break to get away from the desk because they just literally
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fall asleep um while you're writing in the exams. They they need to be prompted and they need that extra time and it's usually so there's a time limit as well.
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Um it's up to 45 minutes per 15 minutes per hour. Sorry. Um so they can have anything in terms of the three hour. That's how you say 45.
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So they can have anything from 5 minutes to 15 minutes extra per hour.
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And that includes so that's just like after the exam they have, you know, extra time off either 5 minutes, 10 minutes or 15 minutes per hour. But then
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there's also rest breaks in between because oh I I've also had um students who uh were diabetic and needed to
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either stop and have a um a rest break where they had to you know be before their blood level or sugar level would
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drop they needed to have something or um one who had to even um what is that uh they had to put the insulin
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put the insulin in. So um yeah so there there's those medical conditions as well and then yeah so like I said the rest
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breaks where in between you know after the first hour and the second hour they would get a few minutes where they had
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to they had to actually get up stop put their pen down get up and walk in the
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classroom. So obviously it's just myself and the students. So they you know not disrupting any other students. They had
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to walk so that they can get their blood circulating their oxygen coming they needed that they don't have that extra
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time to write. They their pens have to be down and yeah so there's all these special circumstances and it's not just
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for you know students who have ADHD ADD or dyslexia.
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Number seven. Was there concessions facilitation when you guys, my parents, were growing up?
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No, there wasn't.
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No, there wasn't a concessions facilitation.
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So, I have a lot more questions, but we are pressed for time. So, maybe we can continue in another episode, inshallah.
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I mean uh but if any of our dear listeners have any questions they can contact us during the weekend show.
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Yes. So there's a lot of information that is required in order for a student to have the accommodation and um in
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terms of you know someone being a concessions facilitator and we do have all of that information if you want if you need a concessions
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facilitator. Zad and I are available. We have years of experience and um the qualification
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um I mean if you need a tutor as well has a qualification for that you can just check online um I love za.com we
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have the um page dedicated to after fudger grand academy or you can email afgacademy
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iilza.com yeah but once again if you'd like to join the conversation during the week if you want to know more information like I said you can check out our website i
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loveza.com you can email us or you can um uh message us on our social media
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pages which is @ilov.com i l o v e z a c o m. We are on Instagram, Facebook, x,
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LinkedIn, YouTube, Tik Tok as well as threads to our dear listeners for joining us on this lovely Sunday afternoon. Um we hope
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that you had a good uh first week back at school, back at work. Um
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wherever even if you continued uh we hope that you had a good week inshallah and we you we hope that you continue to have good weeks inshallah. Um we look
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forward to Ramadan. It's the last few days or last two days two or three days of Rajab. So remember to continue
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reading Ramadan. Oh Allah grant us baraka blessings during the months of Rajab and Shabban and allow us to reach Ramadan.
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Continue to read in Shaan as well Ramadan. Join us every Sunday inshallah
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from 2 to 3:00 p.m. right here on Radio Islam International. From myself, from Isa and from Zad. Enjoy your Sunday and we wish you a wonderful week ahead.
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