By Obakeng Maje

Schweizer-Reneke-North West-based municipality will honour top achievers in the district today.

The Mamusa municipality that faals under Dr Segomotso Ruth Mompati District will today give away bursaries to top students in Schweizer-Reneke to further their studies mayor Aaron Motswana said.

“We will be honouring our top achievers in our district and up to so far close to 50 students has been identified” Motswana told Sabc.

The initiative is one of its own in Mamusa municipality and the mayor outlines that it will be done annually.

“The initiative is one of its own and we palnning to make it happen every year.Most of students identified are from disadvantageous background” he adds.

“The criteria used to select students was possibly fair as we engaged with social workers and principals of various schools for helping us to identify the kids” Motswana outlines.

The initiative will provide students with registration fees and help them on paying for courses. He said those students who need more attention will be looked at.

“We will help students with their educational needs,but there are students who unfortunately come from poor background and we will see how we help them” Mayor said. 

“We are very grateful for shareholders who came on board and I must say,those students will be provided we will look at what courses they are studying too” said Aaron Motswana.

South Africa is lacking more skills in engineering industry and the government advises more students to take that course.

South Africa was number last in the world compared to other countries when coming to Maths and Science respectfully.

“Students need to choose courses that will help them get jobs afterwards and help our government to improve” he adds.

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