Picture: North West MEC for Education, Viola Motsumi engages with Grade 12 learners/Supplied
By OBAKENG MAJE
It is all systems go as only 30 days left before Grade 12 learners sit for their 2023 National Final Examinations. The North West Department of Education said it has launched the Last Push campaign at a spring camp of Onkabetse Thuto High School in Setlagole village, near Mahikeng on 30 September 2023.
North West MEC for Education, Viola Motsumi said a total of 383 learners from neighbouring schools across Ratlou, are lodged at the school with subject specialists, and teachers, who are going to help them with gaps in their different subjects.
Motsumi said amongst other supporters of the last push launch, was the Ratlou Local Municipality mayor, Motlhomola Jafta, who encouraged school support from a local community level.
“I am pleased by the success of the launch and stakeholders who came out in numbers. This is what we mean by community involvement and I wish to see this in all districts as l will continue to visit all camps.
“We are pleased with the success of the launch and encourage more stakeholders throughout the province to support learners. The department is conducting 92 camps across the province and is expected to end on 10 October 2023,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Ratlou Local Municipality mayor, Motlhomola Jafta said: “We have joined the school community to pledge solidarity from the local municipality level by organising parents, local businesses, and faith-based organisations to support schools by keeping children off house chores and concentrating on school work during this important time of the year.
“We work closely with the Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign (QLTC) to ensure service delivery concerns are met in schools. So, we are happy to work with schools until this time of the examinations.”
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