An informative Career and Educational Expo, hosted by three young students who are rapidly climbing the ladder to success, will be held at Ligbron Academy of Technology on Saturday 9 July from 09:00 to13:30.
The three friends founded the non-profit Hlomisanani project after seeing the high rate of unemployment, crime, substance abuse, teenage pregnancies and struggle to enter higher learning institutions among the youth of Ermelo and other towns.
Palesa Magudulela is a former dux learner at Ligbron in 2013 and is now an actuarial science student at the University of Cape Town. Noluthando Dube is a former learner at Ermelo High School and now a biotechnology student at Tshwane University of Technology and Vincent Vilane, who hails from Swaziland, is a financial accounting and audit student at Unisa.
One of the aims of the expo is to give back to the schools from which they successfully transitioned and help current as well as former pupils to become better performing students and pursue successful careers.
“We strive to encourage students to become pioneers in their respective fields of ground-breaking discoveries, inventions, technological innovations, medical advances, company growth and job creation.”
The expo will cater for all Grade 11 and 12 learners as well as those who have matriculated, but are not yet studying or not yet employed.
The expo will include a light meal and mini prizes can be won.
For more information, contact Palesa Magudulela (event coordinator) at 076 091 0491.
