New school brings hope to locals
“We are building this school out of our own pocket because we love our community .This town is growing to an extent that the schools around are unable to accommodate most of the kids, this school will give parents another option,” said Mahomed.
BURGERSFORT – Owner and principal of Twinkle Kid Edu-Care Centre, Ms Fatima Mahomed and her husband Faizal Abdullah, are building a new school at Leopards Bush.
This is going to bring huge relief to local schools such as Laerskool Burgersfort, Ikhwezi Lokusa, Calvin and St Thomas colleges as they can’t deal with the great number of children who want to enrol at their schools. The project is already underway with construction expected to be finished by December this year.
Most schools are overcrowded and some children can’t get space which makes this new school crucial. The school will be known as Highlands College and is expected to open its doors in January, 2015. It will comprise of sixteen classrooms.
Subjects will include music, physics, art and biology. It will also boast a tennis court, soccer field and it also plans to build a swimming pool in future so kids can enjoy quality education. It will have its own library and a cafeteria as well. Highlands is located centrally.
It will accommodating pupils from grade R to five next year, gradually expanding up to the introduction of grade 10 by 2017. Each class accommodate a minimum of 24 pupils. Meanwhile, learners of Twinkle Kids can easily continue with their tuition at the new school.
“We are building this school out of our own pocket because we love our community .This town is growing to an extent that the schools around are unable to accommodate most of the kids, this school will give parents another option,” said Mahomed.
She also said that they aim to help children from areas where English is rarely spoken. Abdullah highlighted that here was a high demand for quality education in Burgersfort due to development in the area and stressed that children needed to have a solid foundation from grade R.
They appealed to those who have old books or magazines which they no longer use to donate to the school in order to foster a love of reading among learners. They also encouraged those who wished to give assistance to do so.
Highlands College is determined to provide quality education as well as protection to its learners. Surveillance cameras will be in place to ensure discipline at all times.
