Top-performing underprivileged high school gets furniture donation
The Sikhululekile Secondary School was said to be one of the top-performing township schools in mathematics and science, despite limited resources.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) recently donated furniture to a less-privileged high school in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, to promote teaching and learning at the school.
The donation to the Sikhululekile Secondary School was part of the CSIR’s efforts to improve learning environments at schools as part of their Mandela Day commemoration.
School principal Daphney Chuene welcomed the donation, saying it would go a long way in improving the infrastructure at the school.
“We are very delighted by this,” she said.
“Especially seeing that some of the year’s learners who did very well in both maths and science, and now have full CSIR bursaries.
“We applaud the CSIR leadership for its desire to see township schools flourishing.”
The high school is one of the top-performing township schools in mathematics and science.
In July 2020, it was one of the schools and orphanages in the Hammanskraal area that received thousands of masks from the CSIR.
During this visit, the CSIR identified a need for science and technology support and decided to provide the necessary support to promote the teaching of mathematics and science in townships.
The support the CSIR offered included bursaries to top-performing learners in mathematics and science at tertiary institutions of their choice.
This year, 10 candidates have thus far been identified for possible funding with five of them being from Sikhululekile.
The CSIR’s group executive for human capital and communication Andile Mabindisa said they were responding to the government’s call to invest in the country’s youth to provide them with better opportunities.
“South Africa’s past has thrust many young people into schools that were previously marginalised. Our corporate social investment initiatives include bursaries for top underprivileged learners who want to pursue careers in science, engineering and technology.”
Mabindisa said Sikhululekile was one of those schools that were “doing very well”.
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