Tshwane’s childhood development centres ready to open

Pretoria’s early childhood development centres are ready to reopen when the school year begins next week Monday.

This was according to community and social development MMC Thabisile Vilakazi, who visited various centres in the metro, on Wednesday.

“I was specifically looking at compliance in terms of maintenance of facilities, Covid-19 protocols and security,” she said of her visit.

When it comes to maintenance, Vilakazi said the metro had been fixing lights, doors, kitchen equipment and roof leaks to ensure these sites were safe.

She said these immediate interventions formed part of a larger infrastructure refurbishment plan that was divided into three phases.

“The first phase is focused on getting pre-schools ready to open, the second phase looks at further upgrading the centres while they are open, and the third phase is directed towards long-term infrastructure refurbishment and upgrades,” he said.

“The centres have also been allocated security guards. This will assist in combatting break-ins and vandalism which severely disrupts the teaching environment.”

She said safety of both the children and the teachers at these facilities was important. Therefore, security guards at these facilities would ensure that every individual was screened and sanitised when entering the premises.

“Finally, I would like to wish the learners best of luck as they go back to school. I hope they have a productive, safe and enriching academic year,” she said.

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