Since 1984, CAMI Educational Software has been at the forefront of educational software development with millions of learners benefiting from this fun, easy and results-based system.
Our Motivational Background
"The poor performance of South African schools compared to those in both developed and developing countries has been established at primary level in mathematics and reading"
(Moloi and Strauss, 2005; Howie et al, 2007)
Facts
* Presently, there are millions of pupils in every country in need of extra lessons due to the increase of class room sizes.
* In 2007 the Learner-teacher ratio (total number of learners in a school divided by number of teachers in the school) was 44:1.
* As class room sizes increase the school standards are set to fall.
* The duration of a lesson in class is approximately 40 minutes. If there are 44 children in a class, the teacher will have less than 1 minute per child to answer any questions, let alone progress with new work.
* Teachers work on a set curriculum, thus he/she will continue with new work with about 50% of the class that understands the previous work and he/she will hope that the other 50% will catch up through homework.
* The problem with this is that once the child falls behind it just gets worse and worse because math is an incremental subject where each year builds on the foundation laid in previous years.
Therefore if there is a gap in the foundation, how can the child then continue with new work?
* Parents are expected to fill this gap.
* In today's economic times, often both parents work and many do not have the time to help their children with their homework as much as they would like to.
* It is also difficult for parents to keep up with developments in the math's curriculum.
The Solution
Glenvista Educentre is here to help and we would like to afford every student the opportunity to work on the CAMI software system. It is fun, easy and results-based. Results are seen typically within 2-3 months. We aid in filling the "gap".
We recognize the fact that students absorb knowledge and concepts at different rates, thus we offer individualized programmes which are suitable for the child and is structured to their abilities.
At Glenvista Educentre, learners will develop learning skills that will equip them to face their future with confidence and instil in them the concept of "Yes, I can!"