To meet the pupils' needs for a place to study and practice in studying both schools devised a range of school-based programs. These were programs in addition to the normal curriculum. Being double session schools, a prereq uisite was to find extra time and extra space. Operating an open-gate policy and providing study tables along corridors and in the school grounds were two of the strategies adopted. By the time of our study, the majority of the pupils at both schools were spending the best part of the day on the school premises. This effectively provided them with single session schooling. Special programs included a Mastery Learning strategy, Peer Tutoring and Study Groups, Structured Remedial Lessons, Time Management, Learning to Learn and Word Processing, to name a few. Additionally outside agencies were brought in to provide enrichment courses. In such ways the schools provided structure and support, as well as direction, for their pupils.