Faresani Primary School

Primary education in Soweto operates within real constraints—ageing infrastructure, load shedding disrupting school days, and the logistics of running classrooms where resources stretch further than they should. Faresani Primary engages with these realities daily. Teachers manage learning in spaces affected by power cuts, often adapting schedules around electricity availability. The curriculum runs within the Department of Basic Education framework, but implementation in townships requires flexibility and resourcefulness. Learners move through foundation and intermediate phases while schools contend with infrastructure backlogs and infrastructure maintenance that doesn't always happen on schedule. Faresani reflects the texture of how primary education actually happens on the ground in Soweto—committed to learning despite systemic challenges.