An indispensable weapon to fight poverty and unemployment with which a country could equip its citizens is education. A nation which comprises of high number of educated community members has greater prospects of keeping up with rapid economic and technological changes. Standard of living within Vhembe District is most likely to be affected by level of its people’s educational status. Although this District is known to produce remarkable percentages of students that pass Grade twelve yearly, a worrying question is whether foundation phase learners are currently getting educational attention which they deserve. It is crucial that great attention should paid when educating the Reception up to and including Grade three learners because of the fact that a house’s structure is as weak as its foundation. The aforementioned phase comprises of learners that constantly require individual attention. It is therefore critical and essential that learner-teacher ratio is kept to a manageable level to ensure effectiveness of interaction. Hindrance to effective teaching and learning is aggravated by a situation where one educator is expected to accommodate learners of different grades in one classroom at any given time. Consequently, learner destruction is inevitable when two different subjects are to be taught invariably by the same teacher whilst trying to ensure that children of different grades selectively pay attention to their scopes. With the aforementioned occurrences and challenges, it is important that a study of this type is conducted so that recommendations may be made and possibly implemented to the benefit of learners, educators, society and government of the day.