It looks something is lacking at primary schools math teaching and learning. I wonder if grade 7 classes are really being taken care of so as to prepare them for grade 8 and 9 math AS. The way our curriculum is structured, it is such that a learner progresses from grade to grade with content coverage.
Since I have had the opportunity to teach grade 8 in two different schools for in the past 5 months, I have noticed common errors in math concepts that are supposed to have been mastered or at least to a certain degree. Take for an example, fractional concept. This is one problematic and often misunderstood concept. At grade 7, recognition of simple equivalence which is very important for further fractional conceptualization. Then at grade 8, formalization and operations takes effect. At grade 9, some common fraction are used with complex but comprehensible operations.
This is one area of concern out many. I think may be some communication with primary schools is a necessity.
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