Protea Secondary School No.2 (Soweto)

Protea Glen, Soweto. Right, so this school has 1779 learners and 53 teachers, which means each teacher is basically running a small township on their own. A ratio of 33.6 kids per teacher is not a classroom, that is a stadium. The teacher is not teaching, they are doing crowd control. By the time Sir gets to the back row to check your work, you have already finished matric, had kids of your own, and your kids are also in the back row. Now it is a no-fee school, which is genuinely respect, government picking up the bill, the people win. But you know those 53 teachers are carrying the entire Department of Education on their backs like they are hauling furniture in a Soweto moving truck. No fees, 1779 learners, 53 teachers, and somehow, SOMEHOW, a 96.8% matric pass rate. Bra. That is not a school, that is a miracle with a tuck shop. Because that pass rate is genuinely embarrassing for every fancy private school in Sandton charging R50k a year and still losing to a no-fee school in Protea Glen where the teachers are basically superheroes in cheap jerseys. One teacher to 33 kids, no fees, full chaos, and they nearly hit 97%. The audacity. The excellence. Overall verdict: Protea Secondary No.2 looks like organised madness from the outside, but it is clearly built different, respect where it is due.