The Programme targets learners from schools in marginalised areas, and seeks to engage their active participation and that of their schools, to build capacity for mathematics, science and critical skills. The Programme intervenes at the level of the individual student. The Trust delivers the support through partnerships with Universities. The learners spend an extra 75 hours building mathematical and scientific skills and 150 hours building resilience and financial skills over a period of 3 years, before enrolling in University.

As the old adage puts it, “If you do what you’ve always done, you will get what you’ve always gotten”. We cannot expect students to change what they do if we are content for teachers to continue doing what they have always done. The TDP recognises the importance of teacher development in raising student performance. The success of reducing costs and building efficiencies in the TTP rests largely on the strength of the TDP. The TDP is based on curricular and instructional strategies that have a high probability of affecting student learning – and, just as important, students’ ability to learn.

The Trust Scholarship programme is an active measure to promote access to tertiary level studies.

The Trust finances 100% of tuition fees of eligible students from disadvantaged backgrounds, covering tuition fees, accommodation, extra tutorials and stipends for food and health purposes. This is covered for the period of 4 years the student is at the institution. This investment is currently in the form of

a grant with no expected financial returns, only

social impact.