New set of wheels for school
With the increase in number of learners at Port Shepstone Islamic school, a massive strain was put on the institution, prompting an appeal for a new vehicle and re-implementation of educational trips for learners.
Learners at a financially-challenged Port Shepstone school who have been denied excursions and field trips because of the educational institution’s ageing and troublesome bus are on the road again, with a new set of wheels, courtesy of the South African Muslim Charitable Trust (SAMCT).
The Port Shepstone Islamic School transports its learners twice a day, as well as undertaking extramural activities, but the increasing demand on the old bus has severely limited such usage.
Commenting recently on the funding of the new bus, SAMCT representative, Gaff Osman said: “Fundamental to a rounded education is the need to broaden the minds of learners, by taking them beyond the boundaries of the classroom. Field trips offer a wonderful and creative means of furthering the knowledge of learners and is vital to their overall development.”
“Without the means to expose its learners to educational elements offered by the wider environment, learners at the school faced significant disadvantages. Learning of the school’s concern about shelving excursions because of transport issues, the SAMCT was pleased to assist,” he added
Also, with the increase in number of learners at the school, a massive strain was put on the institution, prompting an appeal for a new vehicle and re-implementation of educational trips for learners.
Osman said that the school must look to outside sources of support to fill the financial gap and the SAMCT was pleased to offer its assistance in filling the transport gap. He explained that SAMCT provides funding, services, and other resources for the improvement of the lives of the vulnerable, deprived, and disadvantaged.
“It has been singularly successful in delivering sizeable assistance solutions throughout South Africa – irrespective of race or religion- and continues to work to support needy organisations in healthcare, social development, poverty alleviation, and education. We trust that the provision of a new school bus will now enable the school to fulfil its objective of exposing its learners to the wider world as part of its overall educational offering for many years into the future,” Osman concluded.
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