5 September 2007
Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore will visit the Paarlzicht Primary
School (Lantana Street, Huguenot) in Paarl tomorrow Thursday, 6 September at
11h30, to highlight the importance of reading, as part of this week's Readathon
Campaign.
This week is National Readathon Week, which is a national campaign, aimed at
promoting reading and writing skills in order to develop a culture of reading
in South Africa. Now in its nineteenth year, Readathon is geared to distribute
reading materials to more than 26 000 schools, 330 000 educators and more than
13 million learners in the country.
As part of the Western Cape programme, MEC Dugmore will hand out a
collection of books to this school, whilst several other schools will also
receive as part of the Readathon celebrations.
For enquiries contact:
Name: Gert Witbooi
Cell: 082 550 3938
E-mail: gwitbooi@pgwc.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Education, Western Cape Provincial Government
5 September 2007
