A DESCRIPTION HIGHLIGHTING THE PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY LEARNERS IN THREE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE WESTERN CAPE

This paper provides a description of the psychosocial problems experienced by learners in threesecondary schools in the Western Cape. This research aimed at eliciting the personalexperiences of learners and then describing these data in comparison with current theoreticalknowledge. The results of this research have been used as the scientific underpinning for thedevelopment of a multidisciplinary support service to learners in Western Cape secondaryschools: the primary aim of the Community Keepers (CK) organisation