New mining school launched in Kagiso

On Thursday, May 11 the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) took a big step in education not just here in Mogale City but in South Africa when a new school, Mandisa Shiceka Maths, Science and ICT School of Specialisation with a focus on mining, was launched in Kagiso.

Mandisa Shiceka Maths, Science and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) School of Specialisation will pave the way forward for future scientists, entrepreneurs, and mathematicians.

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Schools of Specialisation (SoS) seek to advance learners’ skills through a modernised, immersive and dynamic curriculum. Each SoS achieves this by specialising in one of the following fields: Engineering; Maths, Science, and ICT; Commerce and Entrepreneurship; Performing and Creative Arts; and Sports. In line with the development of Gauteng’s economic corridors, the location and curriculum emphasis present at each SoS is influenced by the specialty of each corridor. Gauteng West has been identified as an area most suitable to establish a school specialising in mining.

The school is named after Mandisa Shiceka who was a well-known anti-apartheid activist in Kagiso and was also a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 1995 until 1999.

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Newly elected Mogale City Executive Mayor Danny Thupane and the Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane were also present at the event to address learners and meet the parents.

“We don’t want this to be a school for learners to just acquire mining skills. We truly hope that this institution will create future mine owners and businesswomen and men,” said Thupane.

The school boasts about 1 600 learners.