With 30 days left until matric candidates sit for their 2023 final examinations the MEC for Education in the North West, Viola Motsumi launched the Last Push campaign at a spring camp of Onkabetse Thuto High School in Setlagole village on Saturday, 30 September 2023.
A total of 383 learners from neighbouring schools across the Ratlou Local Municipality are lodged at the school with subject specialist, teachers, and are going to help them with gaps in their different subjects.
Amongst other supporters of the last push launch was the Ratlou Local Municipality Mayor, Councillor Motlhomola Jafta who encouraged school support from a local community level.
“We have joined the school community to pledge solidarity from the local municipality level by organising parents, local businesses and faith-based organisations to support schools by keeping children off house chores and concentrating on school work during this important time of the year.
“We work closely with Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign (QLTC) to ensure service delivery concerns are met in schools and we are happy to work with schools until this time of the examinations”, Jafta echoed.
Motsumi is pleased with the success of the launch and encourages more stakeholders throughout the province to support learners.
“I am pleased by the success of the launch and stakeholders who came out in numbers. This is what we mean by community involvement and I wish to see this in all districts as l will continue to visit all camps”, Motsumi expressed.
The department is conducting 92 camps across the province and are expected to end on 10 October 2023.