MEC Qwase to visit two of PE’s northern area schools (13 September 2010); Eastern Cape Department of Education

MEC Qwase to visit two of PE’s northern area schools

Posted on Monday, 13 September 2010
Article by Sisa Sitya-Soga

The belt-tightening measures have not stopped the Eastern Cape department of Education from providing the Chetty Settlement community in Port Elizabeth with a school despite the austere budgetary constraints. Other than lack of social and economic facilities, the community of Chatty Settlement has been without a schooling structure since its roughly 10 year establishment.

The Education department has acceded to this outcry and appeals for a school in the area through promising to build a combined school from Grade R to Grade 12 for the benefit of all children in the area.

Whilst the hand-over of the building site takes place today, EC Education MEC Mahlubandile Qwase will be visiting this location tomorrow to subsequently and officially launch (turn-the-sod) the Chatty Combined School construction project and also address the community members and representatives thereof.

As part of the visit in this district on the same day, MEC Qwase will be visiting the Booysen Park Secondary School, whose 11 out of 40 classrooms were considerably affected by fire recently, will be undergoing restoration. The reconstruction is anticipated to commence as of 1 November 2010.

The envisaged programme for the visit is as follows:

Venue: Chetty Settlement Community (Hall)
Time: 09H45
Date: 14 September 2010

NB: Members of the media are especially urged to join us for this important and timely event.

Issued by: Communications Unit, Dept. of Education
For any queries please contact: Mtima Malibongwe @082 088 4599/ 084 842 7872

Article Tags: Chetty Settlement Community, Port Elizabeth

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Posted by boetie - 12:33 on 15 September 2010

Empty promises will be madeHe must sort out the edo's 1st.They do nothing.He will do his political thing and that's the end of the world.They don't even know how many schools they gonna fix,replace,let alone build in the next financial years,excuses that's gonna be used,it's because of budgets and public works program etc.