Qumbu Village Junior Secondary School might be one of the few schools found in a more affluent part of Qumbu, but like many others, is in need of resources.
Even the few computers the school managed to get, could not be used by all 1500 pupils with access only allowed to those in the higher grades.
However, this will change after the efforts of a young girl won the school a fully equipped media centre with 20 computer workstations courtesy of the MTN SA Foundation.
In a space of a few months, 15-year-old Anathi Magqazolo has gone from being a shy and quiet pupil to a national champion.
She was crowned winner of the National Baswa le Meetse competition, a sub-programme of the Department of Water and Sanitation’s 2020 Vision Programme initiated by former minister Kader Asmal.
It is aimed at promoting and encouraging youth involvement in awareness campaigns that are
related to water and sanitation, health and hygiene, as well as encourage young people into pursuing careers in the water sector.
The competition has five categories – poster, poetry, praise singing, drama and traditional music. Magqazolo competed in the praise-singing competition where her own composition titled Ucoceko won.
The new centre was handed to Qumbu Village JSS by Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister Pamela Tshwete and provincial education MEC Mandla Makupula on Friday
Tshwete said her department had decided to involve children in the fight to save water as they had the ability to convince their parents once they believed in something. — sikhon@dispatch.co.za
Young ‘praise singer’ wins digital lab for school
Even the few computers the school managed to get, could not be used by all 1500 pupils with access only allowed to those in the higher grades.
However, this will change after the efforts of a young girl won the school a fully equipped media centre with 20 computer workstations courtesy of the MTN SA Foundation.
In a space of a few months, 15-year-old Anathi Magqazolo has gone from being a shy and quiet pupil to a national champion.
She was crowned winner of the National Baswa le Meetse competition, a sub-programme of the Department of Water and Sanitation’s 2020 Vision Programme initiated by former minister Kader Asmal.
It is aimed at promoting and encouraging youth involvement in awareness campaigns that are
related to water and sanitation, health and hygiene, as well as encourage young people into pursuing careers in the water sector.
The competition has five categories – poster, poetry, praise singing, drama and traditional music. Magqazolo competed in the praise-singing competition where her own composition titled Ucoceko won.
The new centre was handed to Qumbu Village JSS by Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister Pamela Tshwete and provincial education MEC Mandla Makupula on Friday
Tshwete said her department had decided to involve children in the fight to save water as they had the ability to convince their parents once they believed in something. — sikhon@dispatch.co.za
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