The NuMiracle initiative will see promising learners from selected high schools attending daily computer-based maths lessons after school at no charge, at innovative NuMiracle labs at Pareto’s shopping centres. The initiative is expected to help change potential into reality for young people, particularly in previously disadvantaged communities within the footprint of Pareto’s shopping centres.

The NuMiracle initiative will work closely with Master Maths, a well-known and established mathematics tutoring organisation, to provide quality individual tutoring for disadvantaged learners who would otherwise be unable to afford private after-school lessons.

Learning at the NuMiracle labs is reinforced and evaluated through a combination of a computer-based teaching system and constant tutor supervision and guidance. The learners will work at their own pace and at their own level of ability. The progress of these youngsters will be monitored and there will be certificates and prizes for students who show improvement in their maths skills.

The NuMiracle labs have been designed to nurture a love of maths, from the lab’s spiral design based on the intriguing Fibonacci number, to 12 brand new computers, which will accommodate the personal tuition of around 36 learners.

The popular Pavilion Shopping Centre in KwaZulu-Natal is home to the first of the NuMiracle maths labs to open in South Africa.

Learners from Chesterville Extension Technical High School (Umkhubane) and Chesterville Secondary have been selected to participate in the programme at The Pavilion.

In total, 36 learners from these schools have been chosen to be part of the programme. Bheki Jula, maths tutor, welcomed the learners into the lab with much excitement. Learners received refreshments from Cooee Softdrinks prior to commencing their first maths lesson. The NuMiracle maths labs at Southgate and Westgate Malls are scheduled to open soon.