rural schools
12 October 2007
Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore has welcomed a pledge of
two-million rand to boost literacy and numeracy in rural schools, announced at
a special event yesterday at Wardia Primary, a farm school near Montagu. Mr
Elias Mphande, Chief Executive Officer of Vukani Gaming, said its company has a
mission to give back to communities and over the past three years through
V-Slots it has helped 175 schools in the Western Cape.
The funds donated to Edupeg (http://www.edupeg.co.za/history.htm)
an educational project of the South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union
(Sactwu), has helped empower 1 667 teachers and train 54 959 pupils, said Liz
Swersky of Edupeg.
She said "The Edupeg training model is multiple-choice, self-corrective and
integrated and can be used in an outcomes-based education system. The model is
contained in 22 individual colour-coded workbooks and involves cross-curricular
exercises including language, literacy, numeracy and life skills, human and
environmental sciences. The model revolves around a series of teacher workshops
backed by school-based visits."
MEC Dugmore said: "We are all aware that many of our schools in the
province, as well as the schools in Montagu, are not immediately adjacent to
the large metropolitan areas. Usually schools located closer to the big cities
have many support programmes and projects, while those further a field often
lack such support."
He said he will consult with Western Cape Education officials to see to what
extend the Edupeg training model can be rolled out to benefit all the 280 000
foundation learners in the system across the province, as part of boosting the
department's literacy and numeracy strategy."
For enquiries:
Gert Witbooi
Cell: 082 550 3938
E-mail: gwitbooi@pgwc.gov.za.
Issued by: Department of Education, Western Cape Provincial Government
12 October 2007
