The Department of Basic Education said it is confident that the work done to restore teaching and learning in Vuwani will be enough for all learners to write their final exams.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is on Monday visiting Vuwani to see the progress made by the collaborative efforts of her department‚ labour‚ civil society and the provincial education department to restore schooling in the Limpopo town.
More than 20 schools were torched and vandalised in widespread violence which erupted in and around Vuwani in May after the Municipal Demarcation Board decided to merge parts of it with Malamulele to form a new municipality.
Government brought in mobile classes in the affected areas and introduced a new programme to make sure that learners recover time lost to protests.
Department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said Motshekga would check the progress and thank the religious leaders‚ teacher unions and traditional leadership who worked together with government to make sure that teaching and learning resumes.
“We have had a team that has been permanently based here before schools reopened at the beginning of August‚” he said.
“The team has been based here monitoring how things are going‚ working together with the provincial department and officials from our district offices. We are confident that with the work that has been done so far‚ they [pupils] will be able to write final exams.”
Mhlanga said matriculants spent time in a camp and they were able to recover time lost.
“As we speak now‚ they are writing their preliminary examination. The other grades are also making progress because we did the plan together with the provincial department…We know where the learners are on a daily basis because we receive reports regularly‚” he said.
Pupils start school at 7.30am and end at 4.30pm from Monday to Thursday. There are also weekend classes to boost the recovery. Pupils in the affected areas will not go on holidays and another camp will be set up to prepare matriculants for their final exams‚” Mhlanga said.
“We are confident that the progress that is being made will put them in a good position to be able write their exams and pass.” – TMG Digital
Vuwani schools will be ready for final exams: Motshekga
The Department of Basic Education said it is confident that the work done to restore teaching and learning in Vuwani will be enough for all learners to write their final exams.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is on Monday visiting Vuwani to see the progress made by the collaborative efforts of her department‚ labour‚ civil society and the provincial education department to restore schooling in the Limpopo town.
More than 20 schools were torched and vandalised in widespread violence which erupted in and around Vuwani in May after the Municipal Demarcation Board decided to merge parts of it with Malamulele to form a new municipality.
Government brought in mobile classes in the affected areas and introduced a new programme to make sure that learners recover time lost to protests.
Department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said Motshekga would check the progress and thank the religious leaders‚ teacher unions and traditional leadership who worked together with government to make sure that teaching and learning resumes.
“We have had a team that has been permanently based here before schools reopened at the beginning of August‚” he said.
“The team has been based here monitoring how things are going‚ working together with the provincial department and officials from our district offices. We are confident that with the work that has been done so far‚ they [pupils] will be able to write final exams.”
Mhlanga said matriculants spent time in a camp and they were able to recover time lost.
“As we speak now‚ they are writing their preliminary examination. The other grades are also making progress because we did the plan together with the provincial department…We know where the learners are on a daily basis because we receive reports regularly‚” he said.
Pupils start school at 7.30am and end at 4.30pm from Monday to Thursday. There are also weekend classes to boost the recovery. Pupils in the affected areas will not go on holidays and another camp will be set up to prepare matriculants for their final exams‚” Mhlanga said.
“We are confident that the progress that is being made will put them in a good position to be able write their exams and pass.” – TMG Digital
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