Since 1998, SAEP has developed a number of academic support and enrichment programmes in a cluster of six severely under-resourced township high schools in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town.

Academic Support

• ADT Teach. Funded by ADT Security, this programme brings laptops into high schools and provides computer literacy training for over 230 Grade 10 learners. Links to: Photos. More Information.

• SAEP Hope Scholars. Hope Scholars provides advanced tutoring to a gifted group of township students from grades 9 through 12. The programme focuses on mathematics, science and English with an additional emphasis on personal development and mentorship. Links to: Photos.

• SAEP Matric Success. This programme provides intensive after-school tutoring and test preparation to Grade 12 learners gearing up to take their matric exams at the end of the year. Links to: Photos. More Information.

• SAEP Winter School. SAEP runs an intensive academic programme for township learners during their winter break, including tutorials in mathematics, English, and the sciences.

Enrichment

• Arts Outreach Programme. SAEP's Arts Outreach programme provides arts workshops in a variety of artistic disciplines to learners at six disadvantaged schools. The programme also hosts an annual Arts Festival showcasing the learners' work, including paintings, sculpture, music, drama, and poetry performances. Links to: Photos. More Information.

• Environmental Education Programme. Through afterschool workshops and weekend hikes, this programme gives township learners access to knowledge about their natural heritage, allows them to be inspired by outdoors experiences, and offers them refuge from the dense urban settlements in which they live. Led by tutors and skilled guides, the wilderness excursions also build upon and bring to life the students' Life Sciences and Geography curricula. Link to: Photos.

• Other Extracurricular Programmes Co-Founded by SAEP.  The following programmes were developed by SAEP and student organizations at the University of Cape Town:

  • Township Debating League.  Co-founded with the UCT Debating Union, this organization provides training and debate competitions for learners at twenty township high schools.

  • The Media School.  This organization, co-founded with UCT's Varsity student newspaper, provides training in journalism and media at three high schools where SAEP works.

  • Inkanyezi.  This organization provides information and counselling on further education and careers to learners in Grades 9, 11, and 12 at several of the high schools where SAEP works.