Is it possible for a young person from Diepsloot, Crossroads, Alexandra, Ga-Rankuwa, Langa or Jane Furse to walk out of school with a bachelor’s pass that includes core maths? Most people would shake their heads. In communities like these, overcrowded classrooms, underresourced schools and daily social pressures seem to set the limits of expectation long before learners sit for their final exams. The statistics feed the doubt.