Peermont donates new mobile classrooms to primary school
The two classrooms will go a long way towards alleviating the problem of overcrowded classrooms at the school
LEARNERS at Fortune Kunene Primary School in Vosloorus were recently all smiles when they received two prefab mobile classrooms from Peermont.
The mobile classrooms were donated by the Peermont Community Benefit Trust, established by the Peermont Group, who own Emperors Palace.
The handover of the R600 000 Grade R classrooms was done on March 17 and officially opened by Vusi Zwane, Peermont Group corporate affairs executive.
The roll-out of the grade project was approved in 2013 by the trustees of the Peermont Community Benefit Trust.
“When the situation of overcrowding was brought to our attention we responded swiftly to alleviate the situation at the school. This is a welcome donation that, we hope, will help alleviate the problem of overcrowded classrooms at some of our township schools. We hope that this donation will contribute immensely to the teaching and learning environment at the school,” Vusi Zwane, Peermont Group corporate affairs executive, said.
“Teaching in overcrowded classrooms can be stressful for both the educators and learners and increases classroom discipline issues.”
The project seeks to improve the quality of teaching and learning in Grade R, in order to enable a greater number of learners to perform better throughout their schooling life as well as increase the number of learners eligible to select maths in Grade 10.
The project plan has been designed to provide a holistic, stimulating teaching and learning environment where children can learn, explore and discover their wondrous world.
“On behalf of the staff, school governing body, learners and community of Fortune Kunene we wish to express our sincere gratitude to Peermont Community Benefit Trust for all that they have done for us. We were all very excited when you built us the two mobile classes and grateful for the electricity supplied by Elto National Electricity. We wholeheartedly thank Peermont for organising this valuable donation,” Thabo Milton Maruping, principal of Fortune Kunene Primary, said .
The handover event was attended by representatives of the regional Department of Education, ward councillors, the Kunene family (the school was named after their late father) as well as parents of the school and members of the community.
The two classrooms will be utilised by the Grade R learners and will go a long way towards alleviating the problem of overcrowded classrooms at the school.
In 2015 Peermont’s charitable contributions to various community projects amounted to over R34-million.
