Minister Angie Motshekga to visit schools in Volksrust and engage communities on second chance and ECD programmes

The Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga will visit schools in Volksrust in Mpumalanga to conduct monitoring and oversight and engage with communities of the Second Chance Matric Support Programme (Second Chance) and Early Childhood Development Programme (ECD). The schools to be visited on Thursday, 10 February 2022 are Phembindlela Primary School and Elangwane Secondary School in Vukuzakhe, Volksrust.

These visits provide an opportunity to further support schools while strengthening efforts to mitigate risks within school communities as schools have now welcomed back all the learners after the cabinet scrapped the rotational class attendance and 1.5m social distance in classrooms.

The minister will later in the day engage with the communities on Second Chance and the Early Childhood Development programmes as well as Read to Lead.

Members of the media are invited to cover the Minister’s visits as follows:

Date: Thursday, 10 February 2022

School 1: Phembindlela Primary School, 668 Golela Str, Vukuzakhe, Volksrust, Mpumalanga

Time: 08h00

School 2: Elangwane Secondary School, 1906 Wesile St, Vukuzakhe, Volksrust, Mpumalanga

Time: 10h00

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Media enquiries:

Elijah Mhlanga – Head of Communication: 083 580 8275

Hope Mokgatlhe – Spoekperson to Minister: 079 817 0427

Sanki Lerefolo – Media Liaison Officer 082 836 8703

Source: Government of South Africa