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Allowing his circumstances to deter him was never on Rudy Kianda\u2019s to-do list. The Seven Steps Academy for the Deaf learner obtained three distinctions and a 76% aggregate in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) results.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allowing his circumstances to deter him was never on Rudy Kianda\u2019s to-do list. The Seven Steps Academy for the Deaf learner obtained three distinctions and a 76% aggregate in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rudy, a former learner from the District Six school, lost his hearing at the age of eight following an illness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He received cochlear implants at age 14. He explained he had never allowed his hearing impairment to prevent him from achieving his goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was proud of myself when I learned I had passed. I am the type of person who sets goals; I studied in advance. I knew I wanted to go to university. So I worked towards that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school managed to retain its 100% pass rate in the NSC results released last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For over 17 years, the school has maintained this achievement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee-Ann Kannemeyer, outgoing principal, said the school had seven matriculants in 2023, five of them with bachelor\u2019s passes and two diploma passes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am exceedingly proud. Our learners are deaf and walk a long, hard road to get to matric. I have been at the school for 17 years, and we always had a 100% pass rate. I am proud of the class of 2023, what with many of the learners with their fair share of challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school is an English-medium, auditory-verbal (oral) school catering for deaf learners from Grade R to Grade 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She explained that when Rudy came to the school he couldn\u2019t speak English, only French. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe came to us in Grade 3 without speaking one word of English. He lost his hearing and received a cochlear implant. Now he is off to Stellenbosch University.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rudy said he had been accepted to study BA Humanities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a new journey for me, and I am excited and nervous. It is a dream come true.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Kannemeyer, teaching and learning can often be challenging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen these learners matriculate, we celebrate from pre-Grade R up because often the children have been at the school since then. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey arrive with little-to-no language because of their hearing loss and they learn to speak slowly in the bottom grades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy the time they get to high school, they are doing the normal CAPS (Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement) curriculum. We adapt the curriculum up to Grade 6 to give them as much vocabulary as possible. But they write the normal National Senior Certificate exam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Kannemeyer, the school\u2019s success is due to \u201chard work\u201d from learners and teachers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe teachers put in a lot of extra time and effort. Being hearing-impaired our learners have to put in the extra effort because they can\u2019t take any language or critical thinking for granted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverything has to be taught to them. We learn stuff through residual hearing which our children don\u2019t have. So it\u2019s a lot of hard work for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After five years as principal of the school, Kannemeyer retires at the end of March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said the school has six learners in matric this year and wished the class of 2024 well for their final year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSadly, I will not be principal by the time the results are released, but I have every confidence the teaching will remain strong and the ethos the same, and the school will go from strength to strength.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kannemeyer said the school aims to prepare learners for the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur motto at the school is language for life,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, as much meaning and language to the lived experience, we can equip these children with the better they will do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rudy encouraged other learners with hearing impairments to strive for excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNothing is impossible if you put your mind to it,\u201d he concluded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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