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Public · No-Fee · Quintile 3 · NatEmis 600100949

A small school in Luka Village teaching 864 children to read, wonder and belong.

Founded to serve the families of Rathipa Section, we are a CAPS-aligned no-fee primary school where every child is known by name and every classroom keeps the door open to the village.

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Welcome to Luka Primary

A neighbourhood school carried by its families.

Luka Primary School sits at the edge of Rathipa Section in Luka Village, a short walk from the homes of most of the children we teach. We are an ordinary public primary in the Bojanala East District — not a showcase, not an academy, simply a school doing the steady work of helping rural learners read, count, ask questions and grow up well.

Our 25 educators look after 864 learners from Grade R through Grade 6. Class sizes are real and so is the work: every morning children walk in with different starting points, and every afternoon teachers sit together to plan how to meet them where they are.

What we promise

A safe classroom, a hot meal through the National School Nutrition Programme, a teacher who knows your child’s name and learning story, and a school governing body who answers to this community — not to anyone else.

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What we focus on

A small school with a clear classroom philosophy.

We have chosen six things to do well, year after year, instead of trying to do everything at once.

  • Reading every day

    Twenty minutes of guided reading is non-negotiable in every Foundation Phase classroom — in English and in Setswana.

  • A hot meal, every day

    Through the NSNP we serve breakfast porridge and a midday meal so no child sits in class on an empty stomach.

  • Family is partner

    Our SGB meets monthly and parents are welcome in classrooms during open weeks — not only at problem time.

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