Kranshoek

Distance to Plettenberg Bay: 15km Number of students: 680
Grades: R – 9
Typical characteristics:
Many BIA-children
Many Griqua-children
Classes with more than 30 children per class
Number of teachers: 18
Number of BIA-kids: 127
BIA-staff in the school: 4 mentors
Important BIA contributions:
2 wooden “Wendy’s classrooms”
Assistance with the building of a computer classroom
Volunteers, students and parents painted a 30 metre mural on the bleak cement wall by the playground

Many classes accommodate 50 students with only one teacher. As such, over crowding (along with limited teaching resources) leads to a great loss of educational potential for the children. BIA has appointed four mentors, as well as additional volunteers, to assist the teachers in order to relieve them of some of their workload.