Masiphathisane Primary School is located in rural areas Ongegund and Witteklip, just across of Steve Tshwete and Self-bou. Designated as “The New School” by the Local Community and other Primary Schools. The school serves approximately 963 learners with 24 classroom teachers. The teaching methods and philosophies vary widely from teacher to teacher. In addition to its classroom teachers, the school has a strong group of support teachers and non-classroom staff. All staff members are in constant contact and collaboration with respect to learners and learning environments.

The neighborhoods that are zoned around Masiphathisane P.S are primarily rural middle and lower-class. Only a small handful of learners in the school qualified for free lunch or feeding. While there are learners representing minority groups in a large range of ethnic identities, a majority of the learners are black. There is one learner in Grade 3 is Somalian. Religiously, the classrooms has more diversity, and though while most of the classes are Christian or Catholic. Most learners in the school are involved in extracurricular activities, playing sports activities including football, soccer, Netball, and Singing in the Choir. Many of the learners are engaged in other different activities outside of school. In general, these students are looking to succeed, and in the fourth grade all already concerned with the grades they are receiving on tests and papers. In general, the students come to school the expectation that they will succeed in school.

Parents are constantly in the school environment. Whether they are volunteering, helping in a classroom, or bringing in something that their child forget, parents figure strongly in the day-to-day life of the school. They also wield a lot of power over teachers and administrators with their not infrequent requests of changes in curriculum and methods.

While teachers can be overhead complaining about resources at the school, the school is rich in both material and people resources. Most learners are motivated to learn before they set foot in the classrooms.