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Education MEC to hand over 13 new schools as Gauteng "brings education closer to communities"
25 March 2009
The Gauteng MEC for Education, Angie Motshekga, will officially hand over 13 new schools to various communities around Gauteng. This is part of the GDEs School Building Programme initiated by MEC Motshekga in 2006 to reduce the shortage of schools and make education more accessible to all citizens of Gauteng.
Through this initiative the department has ensured that many of the learners in the province who used to travel long distances have been saved from the burden of doing so and now enjoy the benefit of having schools around their communities.
"As the Gauteng Department of Education we made a commitment to respond to the ever growing demands of the socio-economic needs of the people of Gauteng - quality of education being one of them. Today we are proud and hopeful that the 13 new schools that we are handing over to our communities will alleviate overcrowding in some of our schools and that the more than 13 000 beneficiaries will indeed confirm that the doors of learning and culture shall be opened to all as espoused in the Freedom Charter," says MEC Motshekga.
Event number one:
Date: 26 March 2009
Time: 09h30 for 10h00
Place: Diepsloot West Secondary School Number Two (
Dress code: Day suit
Schools: Diepsloot West Secondary School, Mayibuye Secondary School and JB Marks Secondary School
Event number two:
Date: 31 March 2009
Time: 09h30 for 10:00
Place: Vlakfontein Secondary School
Dress code: Day suit
Schools: Vlakfontein Secondary School and Emfuleni Primary School
Event number three:
Date: 2 April 2009
Time: 09h30 for 10h00
Place: Soshanguve South Secondary School
Dress code: Day suit
Schools: Soshanguve South Secondary School, Pretoria Inner City School and Hammanskraal Primary School
Event number four:
Date: 7 April 2009
Time: 10h30 for 11h00
Place: Chief Luthuli Secondary School number one
Dress: Day Suit
Schools: Chief Luthuli Secondary School No 2, Roodekop Secondary School,
Phumula Secondary School and Tamboville Secondary School
For more information contact the Gauteng Department of Education's Director of Communication:
Nanagolo Leopeng
Cell: 083 450 2872
Tel: 011 355 0414
To RSVP contact:
Thebe Khumalo
Cell: 083 545 5259
Issued by: Department of Education, Gauteng Provincial Government
25 March 2009
Source: SAPA