Sondela FGASA Top Achievers

On the 27^th of August 2015 a number of  learners wrote the FGASA level 1 theoretical examination. Nine (9) students walked away with top results. These learners are as follows:

Yolanda Barnard

Ryan Bowman

Kyle Hattingh

Jacques Gerber

Stefan Prinsloo

Anrike Dippenaar

Louis (Ruan) Myburgh

LD Pienaar

Zoleka Ngwenya

These learners are now preparing hard for their practical evaluations and after being found competent will then earn their FGASA level 1 qualification and CATHSSETA certificate in Tourist Guiding, which is required to register with the province and to operate legally as a Field Guide.

The top achiever for 2015 was Yolanda Barnard with 87%, closely followed by Ryan Bowman with 86%. We asked Yolanda what she did in order to achieve her success. She responded that she summarised the work in the study guide, used bright colours to highlight important facts and made use of associations in order to remember difficult terminology. She made sure to attend extra classes and to ask as many questions as possible in order to get clarity when she did not fully understand something. She also focussed on studying the Workbook and PowerPoint presentations of all the lectures and made sure not to fall behind with her work. It actually seems anybody can achieve such results if they follow these simple steps. What is clear however is that hard work and perseverance is key.

Well done to all the above achievers. You make us proud!