One of six multi-million rand Education Centres situated in Ndwedwe will officially open its doors tomorrow. The Education Centres are aimed at providing resources to assist educators for development purposes and will also provide a conducive environment and facilities to conduct training programmes, workshops, etc.
The Ndwedwe Education Centre has a range of fully furnished facilities which include a computer laboratory and a library which will include material and books relating to educator development. The centre also has facilities that can be utilised to host training workshops and meetings.
This will also enable the department to cut down on costs such as booking of venues for hosting workshops as well as travel expensises for teachers. This initiative is part of a long standing partnership between the Department and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) which has provided funding for the project.
Out of school youth will also have access to the centre as well as Further Education and Training (FET) colleges to conduct educational programmes such as career guidance expos. Other centres are situated at Sisonke District in Emawusheni, Jolivet, Pongola, Vulindlela (uMgungundlovu) and Bangizwe (Obonjeni). Another education centre situated in Amajuba (Newscastle) has been renovated using funding from NPC. Cimpor and is due for completion this month. The Ndwedwe building handover will take place as follows:
Date: 2 December 2010
Time: 10h00
Venue: Ndwedwe Education Centre (directions attached)
For more information contact:
Mbali
Cell: 082 881 7484
Sihle
Cell: 072 207 2018
