Learners will be accommodated at the University during their school holidays (one week in March, two weeks in June and one week in September) and participate in a programme that focuses on a psychosocial, educational enrichment curriculum of deep immersion in ten subject areas: Mathematics, Scientific Thinking, Science, Molecular Literacy, Computer Science, Language, Economics and Law, Diversity Studies and International Relations. The academic instruction will be accompanied by a personal skills development curriculum (life skills, sport, art and music) focusing on coping and success mechanisms.

Teachers in rural schools do not have the essential resources that give them a fighting chance to succeed. A parallel Educators Enhancement Programme will be offered to Mathematics and Science Educators from the targeted Schools. This programme will ensure that the learners have the necessary support in their studies, receive the appropriate academic interventions at school and that their teachers encourage their commitment to success.

Through this enhancement programme, we will assist teachers in teaching and assessing in ways that make the transition from high school to University smoother, thereby facilitating access.

The Educator Enhancement Programme will be a residential workshop which runs over one week in June on the University premises.

One of the most critical assets of any education system is the solidarity between parents and teachers. We want to promote the involvement of families and communities in the education process of the learner. Our primary aim is to explain the role of the family in the success of the learner in the TPP.

The online facilitation process with learners during the “Downtime” between visits to the University is a programme that was established for the time in-between the residential sessions at the University, the Talent Pipeline Learners will be supported by online tutoring. This support will be conducted by their teachers who have been taken through the Educator Enhancement Programme, and we will assign online tutors that the learners can access at learning centres that the University will establish across the Northern Cape Province.