Mayibuye Primary School principal pleased with school handover
Mayibuye Primary School SGB chairperson urge department to fulfil promise and complete Phase 2 by April.
“From container classrooms to brick-and-mortar school – the journey was never easy.” These were the words of Mayibuye Primary School principal, Kgabo Rammutla.
Rammutla said he was over the moon with the school’s grand opening. Speaking on February 7 after the school was officially launched by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and MEC of Education Matome Chiloane and MEC of Infrastructure Development and Human Settlement Lebogang Maile.
Rammutla said the journey was not easy because when the school was established in 2001, it survived on resource handouts from other schools.
“We would get broken chalk and policies from neighbouring schools. We volunteered for two full years. And we started having our own resources in 2003 after we were recognized and registered. It was not easy. This is the end of the first chapter and it’s a challenge that says: perform, raise the bar and sustain the performance. It’s a challenge that I am giving myself and the teachers because we are a different school now. We are well-resourced now and the results should show,” said Rammutla.
He said the opening was a tearful moment for him looking at the journey he and his fellow educators travelled with the old Mayibuye Primary School.
SGB chairperson Mandla Baleni said they were happy with the opening of the school, and hope the Department of Education in Gauteng, will finish phase two scheduled to be concluded around April. “Firstly, to the teachers, the good job that you were doing at the container school, please continue doing stellar work. To the parents, let’s all support the learners and to the learners – take this opportunity and run with it to build a better future for yourselves,” said Baleni.
Ward 110 councillor Angie Mphaho said, “I am excited because we have been waiting for this school for far too long. The situation at the old Mayibuye was challenging, the kids did not have freedom of movement and could not play any spot because it was clustered.”
She urged all those involved to take care of the school so that it can benefit future generations.
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