Grade 8 Unplaced Learners: At Home Learning & Platooning

Accommodating Unplaced Grade 8 Learners in 2024

• Aims to provide alternative education methods for Grade 8 students without school placements
• Two approaches are detailed: 'At Home Learning' and 'Platooning'

At Home Learning

• Provides a structured environment for learners without immediate school placement
• Empowers learners to engage in CAPS curriculum-based education at home
• Guidance provided on curriculum, learning activities, and strategies

Platooning

• Learners share educational experiences in groups
• Collaborative approach creates temporary learning communities
• Learners benefit from shared resources and diverse perspectives

Required weekly time in minutes.

• Home Language: 162 minutes
• First Additional Language: 126
• Mathematics: 150
• Natural Sciences & Social Sciences: 96 each
• Technology, Economic Management Sciences, Life Orientation, and Creative Arts: 90 each

Planning for Term 1

• Covers Economic Management Sciences (EMS) for Grade 8, Term 1
• Topics include the economy and financial literacy
• Content covers planning according to ATP, outcomes, terminology, content, activities, and memorandums
• The Data response and controlled tests are formal assessments

The Economy: Government

• Total time: 3 weeks
• Outcomes include understanding the meaning of government and its different levels, alongside roles concerning households and businesses

Key terminologies concerning Government

• Democratic, Elect, Dictator, Government
• Parliament, Members of parliament, Debate
• Taxes, Services, Economic development
• Infrastructure, General election, Legislative
• Executive, Judicial, Municipality
• Portfolio, Premier, Sanitation, Metros, Public servants

Government responsibilities

• Makes a country's laws and protects people
• Ensures order and provides infrastructure like roads, hospitals, and electricity
• Administers the State by using taxes to ensure efficiency, law obedience, and economic growth
• Operates at three levels: National, Provincial, and Local

Government structures

• National government addresses national issues like safety, security, foreign affairs, and international trade
• Its branches include the Legislative (makes laws), Executive (executes laws), and Judicial (ensures justice)
• Provincial governments coordinate provinces, with Departments of Local Government monitoring municipalities
• Local governments deal with regional/provincial economic issues and provide local services

The Government in action

• Governments employ people like businesses and provide resources/services
• Householders pay taxes so the Government can provide these services.
• Sells services and products and buys goods from and products to the Government
• Levies' taxes for the use of resources like roads and traffic departments.

The Economy: National Budget

• Total time: 2 weeks
• Aim is to study the budget and its influence on economic inequalities.
• Involves government revenue, direct and indirect tax, government expenditure etc.
• National Budget describes how the government expects to raise and spend money
• Revenue is the money amount received as income.
• Expenditure refers to spent money amounts.
• The difference between income and expenditure shows a surplus or deficit.
• Governments may borrow nationally or internationally.
• Taxes are compulsory citizen payments like customs or excise duties.

Defining Taxes

• Direct taxes are paid directly to the government, such as personal income tax, company tax, and capital gains tax
• Direct taxes cannot be avoided
• Indirect taxes, like VAT, are paid on goods/services, potentially raising prices

Other Taxes,

• VAT is charged at 15% on goods and services
• Some products such as vegetables, egg, rice are exempted
• Excise duties discourage tobacco and similar products.
• Custom duties apply to imports and exports.
• Fuel and municipal taxes apply to fuel and municipal rates.

Government Spending

• Revenue is raised to provide public goods and essential services.
• Constitution of South Africa guarantees basic education.
• Grants are provided to the poor and vulnerable citizens,
• Services such as Housing, Health and Civil Aviation provided.

Economic Factors

• Economic Growth shows an increase in the capacity to produce goods,
• Inflation occurs if there is over-printing of money.
• The government can combat economic inequalities with services,
• These can include free healthcare and schools with no fees.

The Economy: Standard of Living

• Total time: 1 week
• Aims to study the impact on development on lifestyle and the environment.
• Study's effect of unemployment and promoting a healthy environment
• Living standards are the access people have to wealth
• This is seen through the quality of goods and services that can be consumed
• It varies greatly and it dictates lifestyle

Rural society

• High density areas,
• People use technology to get money.
• They also buy electricity, farm, food and water.

Development effect on urban society

• Affects the water, air and minerals.
• Over usage leads to lack of resources, pollution,
• Lack of employment.

Resources used must,

• Contribute toward a productive way.
• Growth must happen.

Financial Literacy: Accounting Concepts

• Total Time: 2 weeks
• Aims to get people to learn the accounting concepts.
• A sole trader is a business run by a person and managed correctly,
• The debit side is to the left, whilst credit is to the right,
• Assets can be converted to money, liabilities show debt.
• Owners equity is monetary interest and profit show is income is more than expenses.
• Banking institutions safeguard business money.

Financial Literacy: Source Documents

• Total Time: 1 week
• The aim is to learn about source documents.
• Bank and deposit slips.
• Internal/External documents contain the information that helps people with point of views.
• A duplicate receipt can record cash received or EFT.
• A receipt Is used by vendors if money is received by the business.
• The number and amount paid can be seen on a till slip,
• Can be useful if paying by EFT/EFT reference.

Bank Statements

• Business receive Bank Statement that shows the deposits as well as withdrawals for the month
• The bank accounts are reconciled from there.
• Cash invoices/slips, to record all transactions and requests.