Japan builds classrooms at an Isipingo school
The Japanese embassy also assisted schools that were affected by the 2022 floods.
A RIBBON-CUTTING ceremony was held in Isipingo Hills when the Embassy of Japan handed over a block of three new classrooms it built as a donation to the school.
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The Department of Basic Education’s Nolundi Keti said that after the 2022 floods, they sent a request for new classrooms to the Japanese embassy for affected schools.
“Our department is very grateful for the sponsorship by the Embassy of Japan. Since the education budget was cut last financial year, the embassy has shown that we are not alone,” said Keti.
The classrooms were built for R1.06 million as part of the government of Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), which started in 1989. In the past seven years, the GGP has funded 16 projects in KwaZulu-Natal.
Japan’s ambassador to South Africa, Ushio Shigeru, said education is an important human right that needs to be protected, which is why the sponsorship was made.
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