By Obakeng Maje
Wolmaransstad-Schools around the Wolmaransstad area in the North West heeded the call by the Department of Education to ensure that the culture of learning and teaching is implemented on the first day of the schools reopening.

The compliance to the appeal was given thumps up by MEC for Human Settlements, Public Safety and Liaison Nono Maloyi on Wednesday and Thursday while visiting and observing adherence, as per Exco resolution to deploy executive members to different schools across the province.

MEC Maloyi was impressed by the enthusiasm displayed by both learners and teachers in preparing for the academic year. In some schools Maloyi was told by school management that parents spend part of their festive holidays painting and cleaning schools for their children to learn in a clean and habitable environment.

 However in some schools, MEC Maloyi, became seriously concerned about the pupil’s intake. His concern was around the over populated classes which had over sixty pupils in one class. He cited the situation as unacceptable and resolved that urgent attention should be given to the schools to ensure that learning continues unabated.

Among other, were infrastructural challenges like, broken windows, roofs blown away by the wind and broken doors were also identified. During the MEC’s visit several structural defects were identified at the toilets of one school in. Maloyi, engaged a local philanthropist who attended to the challenge with immediate effect.

“We will refer all this challenges to the relevant department for urgent intervention. Besides the challenges encountered we are satisfied with the fact that schools have already started with teaching and learning and that stationary and text books have already being distributed to learners on the first day of learning,” said Maloyi.

“The courage and the spirit displayed by the schools management humbles and makes me sure that as the North West province we will obtain the first position during the next matric results. The preparations for the foundation phase also made me sure that we will have well-groomed learners in future,” said Maloyi as he concluded.-TDN
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