North West Acting Premier Nono Maloyi will today open and hand over the newly constructed Saruchera Primary School in Huhudi, Vryburg, in the Naledi Local Municipality.

The Acting Premier will be accompanied by the MEC for Education, Ntsetsao Viola Motsumi, the department’s senior managers and executives from the local and district municipalities.

The school will enroll approximately 1 380 students from Grades R to 6 when it opens for the second term on Wednesday, 3 April 2024.

‘These learners were previously attending various schools around Huhudi township, and the official opening of this new school is set to bring the much-needed relief to the releasing schools as they were already overcrowded,’ the Office of the Acting Premier said.

This state-of-the-art primary school comprises, amongst others, 24 classrooms, a library, computer centre, Grade R facilities, a multipurpose hall, toilets and changing rooms.

The learning institution will also employ 33 educators, including a principal and two deputies,
the majority of whom are from the surrounding releasing schools.

According to the statement, the construction of Saruchera Primary School was necessitated by the establishment of a new settlement and the building of government-subsidised houses in extensions 25 and 28 in Huhudi, which resulted in overcrowding in the already existing schools around the township.

Source: South African Government News Agency