45 students graduate from ECD training
He hosted 45 Early Childhood Development (ECD) practitioners (pre-school eductors) who were trained free of charge and who graduated on Saturday September 10 at Tlama-Tlama Extension in Tembisa.
The multi-talented and Tembisa-based, Mr Themba Vincent Maseko (42), continues to create jobs for community members around Tembisa and surrounding areas.
Mr Maseko, who is a local educator, gospel singer, music composer, comedian, early childhood development (ECD) trainer and community builder, serves by making his mark in the township.
He hosted 45 Early Childhood Development (ECD) practitioners (pre-school educators) who were trained free of charge and graduated on September 10 at Tlama-Tlama Extension in Tembisa.
Mr Maseko has already trained more than 560 ECD practitioners since 2014 and more than 120 ECD graduates have already started their own crèches around Tembisa, in other townships, as well as other provinces.
About 130 of his graduates are employed in various institutions such as ECD centres, pre-schools, old age homes, orphanages, clinics, Department of Social Development and other institutions, both in the public and private sectors.
More than 25 ECD students who graduated on September 10 will be starting their own ECD/pre-school centres in October and others will be starting their own centres in January next year.
“I am assisting my graduates who want to start their own crèches to register them with the Department of Social Development as non-profit organisations (NPOs),” he added.
Mr Maseko is registered with South African Council for Educators (SACE) and he matriculated at Bokamoso Secondary School in Makhulong Section in 1994.
He started his community projects in 1995 when he was teaching history free of charge to Tembisa matriculants from various schools at a centralised place and liaising with matric history examiners from district and national offices of the Department of Education.
He was also instrumental in doing other community projects such as gospel choir competitions and training motivational speakers.
Mr Maseko thanked school principal Mr Raymond James Phosa and the school SGB members of Charlotte Maxeke Secondary School in Phomolong, and the teachers and school management for granting him permission to use one of the school classes to train ECD practitioners at the school where he has been working as the Head of Department for social sciences; history and geography since May.
Mr Maseko started working as an educator at Thuto-Ke-Maatla Comprehensive School and later joined Bokamoso Secondary School as an educator where he spent six years.
He left Bokamoso Secondary and joined Ekurhuleni West College (EWC).
He worked as a lecturer at EWC, Tembisa campus for four years and he later joined Lekamoso Secondary School in Daveyton, Etwatwa where he worked as the Head of Department for social sciences, history and geography; for about three years before he joined Charlotte Maxeke Secondary School.
Another free ECD skills training session will be held from October 8 to 29.
For more information contact Mr Maseko on 061 633 5806 or 062 075 1362 or alternatively email to themba.vincent.maseko@gmail.com
