YOUNG people across the North West kick-started Youth Month celebrations with performances like drama, poetry and traditional dancers at their respective schools and communities.

   Premier Supra Mahumapelo launched this year’s Youth Month programme at Mothotlung Secondary School near Brits with the call for young people to run away from drugs as his rallying cry.

  Mahumapelo said this was part of the province’s wide programme to celebrate the fruits and responsibilities of Freedom.

 “As the provincial government, we have dispatched our government officials to various schools. It is imperative to engage with learners over this matter. We need to conscientise pupils about democracy and freedom.

  “Education system still needs to do more to teach our children about the genealogy of our Kings. They need to know more about the history of the struggle. Learners need to know how we have achieved democracy as a country,” he said.

  Mahumapelo added that there is a need to ponder on the achievements made since the 1994. He said that pupils need to know how democratic breakthrough was achieved in all spheres of life such as in political, economic, religious and social realm.

  “These achievements need to be properly documented. They will enable us to make an assessment of what still needs to be done. However, there are still challenges that need to be tackled.

  “The government will attend to the shortage of classrooms in the school. We will build additional classrooms. The Madibeng local municipality mayor will also raise funds for a sound system. The sound system will be mounted in the school for the convenience of teachers and learners,” the premier said.

   He pointed out that pupils should strive to stay away from drugs and alcohol for such things will only make them delinquents and failures.

   Mothotlung Secondary School has 1157 pupils and 39 teachers. There are 23 classrooms and five additional mobile classrooms at the school.

  According to the school principal Tshidi Mabusela, the school has six primary schools as feeders.

  “The large learner enrolment is a result of the school rationalisation process which merged Sedimosang Middle and Mothotlung High Schools. The school’s infrastructure requires a facelift to accommodate all 1157 learners with ease. However the education and sport development has stepped in and provided us with five additional mobile classrooms,” she said.

-TDN

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