Deputy minister and British high commissioner visit local school

The Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and People with Disabilities, Prof Hlengiwe Mkhize and the British Deputy High Commissioner, Ben Liewellyn-Jones, visited the Ikusasa Comprehensive School on Wednesday, where they spent the day motivating the Grade 12 learners.

This school is one of the best performing schools in Tembisa in terms of producing desired matric results.

The school achieved a whopping 95 per cent for their 2019 matric results, an improvement from 87.8 per cent in 2018.

“It has really been an inspiration to hear about how the school performed. This is what government and the premier of this province, David Makhura, wants for all our schools in the province.

“We came here and set them a goal and encouraged them to continue achieving great results,” said Mkhize.

This gathering was organised by the Kuzondlula Motivational Tour as part of their back-to-school programme.

Liewellyn-Jones encouraged the learners to strive for nothing but education so they could build better lives for themselves.

“I have lived in South Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda and Britain and what I can say about all those experiences is that education is the most important thing, it is your passport to the world. With an education, you can go to places and do things,” he said.

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