Hoërskool Bekker

This school is a good school with a really strong disciplinary system although it has a point that hasn't been pointed out. If your child is interested in the school & he/she wants to study agriculture as a subject from grade 10-12 & he/she is English speaking...don't! I repeat, don't! From grade 10-12 the classes are combined regardless of your HL basically both English and Afrikaans speaking learners in one class & that's were the problem starts because the agricultural teachers are racist, I've never encountered an agri teacher that doesn't chose Afrikaans speaking learners over the English speaking, it's so bad that the teacher speaks 98% of the the time Afrikaans and he/she has to equally speak both languages to accommodate both as he/she was assigned to the job. It really saddens me to see English speaking learners suffer in those classes, it continues every year class to class. luckily from grade 8-9 agri is compulsory so the classes are divided according to your HL. You are also treated according to your financial status.

It is a good school i liked all my teachers. But we get mistreated at the hostel, the boys have more favour than the girls. It is a place where your child would not want to be. We don’t rest during exam seasons and we have 3 long study sessions with a 15 minute break only between the 2 and 3 study session in the evening. The network is bad and we are not allowed to use devices during the study sessions. The winters here are so cold that even when you layer up you can still feel it. We are not allowed to wear scarfs,beanies and gloves. The food at the hostel is not bad but it causes food poisoning. You can enrol your child at the school but not the hostel

The school isn’t bad but it isn’t good aswell. The hostel is absolutely terrible, they mistreat and give us about 3-4 hours of study with only a 15 minute break. We barely have any time to ourselves and we are aren’t allowed to do our tutoring sessions online during the night study sessions. We aren’t allowed to use our cellular devices during study for research or to watch educational content related to the work. The head of the hostel doesn’t want to listen to our complaints about the study times or anything at all. This hostel will make you miss home, it will cause you anxiety and stress. I have not enjoyed my stay at boarding but the school is fine.

Bekker helped molding my son into the man he is today. All the children and teachers are respectfull, helpfull and always friendly. One of the best schools you can send your child to. Proud of Bekker pupils and teachers.