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THE Goodwill Primary School held an entrepreneurship day to encourage children to calculate money in Mahikeng last week Friday. Education and sport development spokesperson, Elias Malindi said calculation was no more just a classroom matter.

“Mahikeng schools decided to host an entrepreneurial day in order to teach pupils about practical calculations of money. This will assist them to understand more about additions and subtractions.

“Pupils were also encouraged to secure stalls for the business. They were encouraged to sell products like sweets, toys, lollipops, drinks, ice-pop, etc. Some parents went to as far as Johannesburg to buy stock for their children’s business,” Malindi said.

He added that the main objective of the entrepreneurial day was to empower pupils with the practical knowledge of calculations. Malindi further said they have experienced that most pupils were unable to understand word questions during examinations.

“The entrepreneurial day offered them a practical platform to add and subtract when selling products,” Malindi said.

One of the parents said: “As parents, we truly appreciate the initiative of entrepreneurial day because it gives pupils a practical exposure. The initiative deals with counting money. We want to applaud the education system for this exercise.”

Goodwill Primary School principal, Kirileng Seremo added that the exercise targeted pupils of all grades except for the Grade R class. Seremo further highlighted that Goodwill Primary school usually hold the entrepreneurial day once a quarter for pupils to understand calculations.

 Another parent, Thabo Lehutso said he went as far as Johannesburg to buy goods for his daughter. Lehutso added that pupils’ participation in the exercise is imperative.

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