DPME to launch NDP school competition
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) will launch the annual National Development Plan (NDP) school debate and essay competition as part of the fifth anniversary celebration of the adoption of the NDP under the theme “Define your Ideal South Africa of 2030 and play your part”.
The competition seeks to create awareness and educate youth about the NDP 2030 as an overarching plan for the country, highlight the importance of education as one of the NDP outcomes and encourage society to play their part in making vision 2030 a success.
18 learners who are in grades, 11 and 12 comprising of nine teams from all nine provinces have been selected to participate in debate competition that Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Chairperson of the National Planning Commission will officially will launch on Tuesday 26th September 2017.
The debate will be on topics such as, “What can be done to achieve the goals of vision 2030” and will be judged by representatives from the DPME, DBE, National Planning Commission (NPC) and the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA).
The essay competition will be targeted at grade 12 learners with the essay topic; “Define your ideal SA of 2030”.
Details of the events are as follows:
1st session, first round eliminations
Date: Monday, 25 Sept 2017
Time: 08h00 – 14h00
Venue: DPME offices, Grosvenor and Francis Baard Street, Hatfield, Pretoria
2nd session, Debate session and pronouncement of winners and prize giving
Date: Tuesday, 26 Sept 2017
Time 10h00 to 14h00
Venue: GCIS Auditorium, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Francis Baard and Festival Street, Hatfield, Pretoria
Enquiries:
Tshegofatso Modubu
Cell: 083 276 0786
Email: Tshegofatso.Modubu@dpme.gov.za
Mmabatho Ramompi
Cell: 076 480 3513
Email: Mmabatho.Ramompi@dpme.gov.za
