Schools receive books from Ready to read project
A total of 173 teachers and 8 890 learners from the 10 schools in this region will benefit from the project.
Ten schools in the White Hazy district recently received books for foundation phase classes thanks to a collaboration between the Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) and the Read Educational Trust’s Rally to Read initiative.
They are Mpunzana, Majika, Mdumiseni, Khombindlela, Ifalethu, Mdzimba, Mhwayi, Mlilo, Mgwenyana and Entokozweni primary schools. During a campaign on February 23 in Hazyview, representatives from Ford joined the Rally to Read team and visited the schools in the region to donate the books.
A total of 173 teachers and 8 890 learners from the 10 schools in this region will benefit from the project, providing them with over 10 000 foundation phase books, 110 educational toys and games and 250 arts and crafts sets.
“As part of Ford’s community programmes, we strive to make a meaningful impact in three key areas; comprising education, road safety and environmental conservation,” said Neale Hill, managing director of FMCSA. “The Rally to Read initiative is a perfect fit for our education pillar, as it assists in uplifting and better equipping rural primary school teachers and learners.”
He added that they were delighted to partner with Rally to Read with a contribution of R1,3 million for 2019 to empower teachers, learners and their parents for a brighter, more prosperous future.
Rally to Read aims to enhance education in remote rural areas through training workshops, mentorships and the delivery of carefully selected books to enable sound teaching methodologies.
“Education provides the foundation for community empowerment and upliftment, and the rural areas of South Africa face the biggest challenges in terms of the quality of teaching available, and the resulting poor levels of literacy amongst learners,” said Bertus Matthee, national director of the Read Educational Trust. “We are extremely grateful for the support from Ford, as its active participation and backing of the project will create crucial building blocks for under-equipped teaching staff to provide better education for our current learners and future leaders,” he added.
