Picture: The newly-built school in Koffiekraal/Supplied
By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
25 December 2025- The North West Department of Education, through the Thuntsa Lerole programme which is aimed at accelerating service delivery to the public, revealed that Thebe Ya Tlhajwa Secondary School in Koffiekraal village, received two brick-and-mortar classrooms and a borehole during a visit conducted on 15 December 2025. The department said Thebe Ya Tlhajwa Secondary School, which consistently achieves 95% matric results, has been experiencing challenges related to overcrowding and a shortage of water.
The North West MEC for Education, Viola Motsumi said although the school was provided with mobile classrooms to address space constraints, it lacked a hall to accommodate examination sessions. Motsumi said the department, through a new programme, constructed two brick-and-mortar classrooms at Thebe Ya Tlhajwa Secondary School to address overcrowding.
“Construction of the classrooms commenced on 02 October 2025 and was completed on 21 October 2025. All in all the project took only two weeks and the learners began to use the new classrooms on 23 October 2025.
“The department is implementing a permanent solution to address overcrowding in schools. In our efforts to permanently address overcrowding and reduce the use of mobile classrooms, we have introduced a new approach of constructing two brick-and-mortar classrooms at various schools.
“This approach will enable us to provide permanent infrastructure to schools including all other strategies that the department is implementing,” she said.
Motsumi further said whenever they intervene to assist a school, they will ensure that the school is left with long lasting structures. She added that another advantage is that the two classrooms are built in less than a month by local contractors.
“The programme is aimed at uplifting local contractors because we are aware that some do not get a chance in those big projects. Already, the programme of building the two classrooms in the Bojanala District so far has been implemented in Naauwpoort, Boons, Meriti and here in Koffiekraal.
“The Grade 12 learners for the very first time wrote their final examination in their school in these new classes. The department has drilled a borehole and it will be finalised before the reopening of schools in 2026,” said Motsumi.
She said in 2026, learners will have an opportunity to get fresh water from the borehole.
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