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Learners who are no longer coping in the mainstream of education, or learners with mild/moderate intellectual disabilities are referred to special schools where they will follow an adapted curriculum and receive vocational education.

The general criteria for admission to special education comprise the following:

• Learning disabilities that occur in reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, handwriting skills.

• An inability to show scholastic progress according to the peer group.

• Cannot benefit sufficiently from teaching provided in the ordinary course of education.

• Require specialized assistance to facilitate their adaptation in the community academically an vocationally.

• The learner must have repeated a grade at least once and is (in the majority of the cases) in danger of repeating for a 2nd time. Be 13 years of age (not older than 15)

• The cognitive functioning of the learner is below average.

• Assessment conducted by a registered Psychologist or designated Official from the Dept. of Education.

• Afrikaans or English is the medium of teaching and learning.

• No serious behavioural problems evident.



​Christo Van Zyl

School Psychologist

Head of Department School Learning Support