{"id":43204,"date":"2024-02-08T08:58:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T06:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/intervening-in-situations-of-boys-20240207\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T03:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:01:10","slug":"intervening-in-situations-of-boys-20240207","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/intervening-in-situations-of-boys-20240207\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippi foundation calls for extra focus on young boys to boost academic performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A local foundation is appealing to society and the government to put extra focus on young boys so they can boost their academic performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rev MS Lugongolo Foundation expressed a concern about the declining number of boys who completed their matric in the Philippi area annually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The foundation appealed for an urgent intervention in a quest to turn the tide before it was too late.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A local foundation is appealing to society and the government to put extra focus on young boys so they can boost their academic performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is in response to a dwindling pass rate among boys writing their matric examinations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Announcing the matric results for the class of 2023 on Thursday 18 January, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga commented that the number of boys who passed the matric was lower than that of girls. She stated 56,4% of the total number of candidates who wrote the 2023 National Senior Certificate (NSC)&nbsp;exams were girls, while 43,6% were boys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said more interestingly, 82,9% of both girls and boys passed the exams.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cForty-two percent of the girls and 39,6% of the boys who wrote the 2023 NSC exams attained Bachelor\u2019s passes, while 26,1% of the girls and 28,6% of the boys attained Diploma passes.&nbsp;In all, 14,8% of girls and 14,6% of boys attained Higher Certificate passes. Also, 66,4% of distinctions were attained by female candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mawande Lugongolo, founder of the Rev MS Lugongolo Foundation, expressed a concern about the declining number of boys who completed their matric in the Philippi area annually. He appealed for an urgent intervention in a quest to turn the tide before it was too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_7125f596\">\n<div class=\"text\">The foundation, a non-profit organisation (NPO), aims to empower young boys and men by creating a platform for them to share their problems. It has various programmes that cater to young men. These include support groups, young men assemble programmes, education and leadership camps and community dialogues.  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lugongolo said he felt there was not sufficient support granted to young boys. He said the focus was more on young girls than their counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s little that is done for young boys,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to pay more attention to the boys now. There are few of them reaching matric level compared to the girls. 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