
The psychosocial side of matric support
Woza Matrics is the Department of Basic Education’s programme of free catch-up, revision and exam-preparation lessons for Grade 12 learners, broadcast on television and radio and available on digital and streaming platforms, including YouTube.
Alongside the subject lessons, the programme includes psychosocial support — and that is where Kutitiva comes in. Working with 2Enable, Kutitiva developed and presented eight short psychosocial learning videos. They have been on the Woza Matric channel permanently as a learner resource since 2019, cycling throughout the day between the STEM subject lessons.
The video format lets Kutitiva’s guidance reach learners far beyond the schools where our facilitators can be physically present: in homes, in rural and urban communities, in every province.
Project at a glance
- Period
- 2019 – present
- Programme
- Department of Basic Education — Woza Matrics
- Kutitiva’s role
- Psychosocial support: developed and presented 8 videos
- Partners
- Department of Basic Education · 2Enable · SABC
- Where to watch
- DBE TV (Openview Channel 122) · SABC · DStv Catch Up · Woza Matrics online channels
- Audience
- Grade 12 learners and their families, nationally
Practical help for the pressures of matric
Engaging, practical lessons that help learners and families navigate the final school year.
Foundations & values
Goal-setting
Personal study techniques
Time management
Timetables
Resilience
Exam anxiety
Parental support
The eight Kutitiva episodes
Episode 1Foundations & values for life
Episode 2Goal setting: current & future
Episode 3Study techniques, part 1
Episode 4Study techniques, part 2 & resilience skills
Episode 5Time management
Episode 6Study timetables
Episode 7Stress & anxiety over exams
Episode 8