Several million schools around the globe are failing schools. Millions of teenagers cannot read a book, fill in an application form or do basic arithmetic. Most of the children at these schools will join the ranks of the largely unemployable and almost certainly the unemployed. Despite billions of dollars being invested by charitable organisations most schools remain underperformers.
The world is rapidly turning into two worlds – those with education, jobs, money and a future for themselves and their children, and those with little education, no jobs and no prospects. And these people are hungry and increasingly angry.
We just don’t have time to turnaround one school at a time.
We don’t even have time to turn around 20 schools at a time. BCF programmes turn around hundreds of schools with each intervention at a cost of only USD 980 - USD 1,500 per school depending on the country and travelling expenses.
BCF has no employees or office accommodation. All our directors and facilitators work from home and are only paid for the work they do.
It is not possible to conduct training at schools in the southern hemisphere between September and February as year-end examinations are written in October and November each year and schools close from early December until mid-January. BCF does not therefore carry the overhead of having to pay salaries during this period.
Almost every cent received goes directly to project costs. This is probably the closest one could get to being a true non-profit organisation.
Within 18 months of principals of 121 schools attending the BCF Schools Centre of Excellence Programme, the majority of schools were well on their way to becoming centres of excellence.
This is demonstrated by the significant jump in Bachelor and Diploma matriculation pass rates achieved by these121 schools during the 2017 matriculation examinations.
The sudden and significant jump in Bachelor and Diploma marks could be ascribed to a combination of BCF and other interventions. Principals and district officials who have experienced the power of BCF this Programme however subscribe the significant jump in these results mainly to the BCF programme they attended.
During the 2017 South African matriculation examinations over 97% of learners gained a matriculation pass at 50 of the 121 high schools whose principals attended the BCF Schools Centre of Excellence Programme.
Please join me in congratulating the principals, management teams and academic staff of the following schools
