Associate Prof in Education, in Faculty of Education Sciences, at Northwest University (South Africa). Petrusa du Toit, Ph.D. Associate Prof in Education, in Faculty of Education Sciences, at Northwest University, South Africa Researcher & Lecturer at postgraduate level in Educational Psychology, Teacher & Councellor Training, Learner Support Session Information: Teachers' EQ Tool in Preventing Scholastic Failure. Key Concepts: By getting insight into learners experiencing difficulties in the classroom and how educators (teachers) can prevent scholastic failure by early identification thereof. A sustainable world can be accomplished inter alia through ensuring learners' scholastic achievement, which can be sustained through early prevention of learning difficulties, which in itself can be described as emotional intelligence being applied by teachers in continous assessment, if they can be sensitised towards the identification of difficulties to prevent scholastic failure. Such sensitisation can be accomplished through ongoing in-service teacher training in the identification and support of learning difficulties. This paper highlights the neccessity of research in South Africa concerning the recently implemented inclusive education policy, towards providing learner support for learners experiencing learning difficulties, through early identification of learning difficulties. Conference goers will be sensitised towards - Symptoms of learning difficulties in Gr 1 - 3 Teachers developing (emotional) sensitivity towards learners experiencing classroom difficulties Teachers thereby empowered to apply emotional intelligence in their continuous assessment of learners' scholastic performance, towards sustainable scholastic achievement