UPDATE: Panyaza Lesufi officially opens doors at Palm Ridge Primary School
Learners and community members came in their numbers to welcome the MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi as he officially opened Palm Ridge Primary School on August 2.
THRILLED learners and community members came in their numbers to welcome MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi as he officially opened Palm Ridge Primary School on August 2.
Dignitaries from the Gauteng Department of Education, local SAPS members, CPF and councillors joined the multitude in opening the school which caters for at least 1 653 learners.
The MEC’s opening included unveiling of a plaque, ribbon-cutting and planting of a tree.
He also walked about in various classes where he familiarised himself with the school and interacted with learners.
About the school
The primary school initially was part of Palm Ridge combined school, a public school that catered for learners from Grades R to 12.
The Palm Ridge based school was then built after MEC for Education pledged to build the school primarily for the low-income working class.
Palm Ridge Primary School was completed earlier in the year and started operating with the start of the second school term, on June 9.
Its vision is instilled in empowering its learners to receive, demonstrate and value the knowledge of education.
Sinthamalar Pillay, a deputy principal at the school, said the new school provides the teachers with the facilities to assist them in the line of their work.
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“The MEC presented us with five fully equipped Grade R classes with their own storerooms and toilets. In every classroom, there’s a storeroom and we also have labs, our own library, and a resource centre which will make our work simple. Soon the school will introduce an ICT programme for its Grade Seven learners,” she said.
Hamrajh Singh, principal at the school, thanked MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi for their new school.
“Parents also have an active role to play in making sure that the school is kept in good condition. As a school we would like to extend our gratitude to Mr. Lesufi for keeping his promise he made six years ago to build us a school,” said Singh.
Panyaza Lesufi’s speech highlighted that more would be done for the school.
“We want the best for our children so that they may live together peacefully. We will build a sports ground for those interested in sport and also build a beautiful school nutrition hall, we have not yet finished,” he said.
He also urged the learners to protect the school’s facilities and encouraged them to excel academically.
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