Four adopted high schools namely, Eketsang High School, Glen Cowie Secondary School, Siwali High School and Mariazell High School have engaged in a programme that encourages learners to improve their use of English. In this programme, learners write, design, edit and use all creative elements available to produce a quarterly gazette. The service provider, Mine in Education, also facilitates a ‘drop everything and read period’ where an hour is allocated for the sole purpose of reading. To download the full gazette from Eketsang High – please click here.
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Adopt-a-School Foundation continues to go from strength to strength
Investing over 1.2 billion rands through the support of its donors and partners, benefitting over one point six million learners through various programmes of Whole School Development. In 2001, Stella Nemkula (former Principal of Tshilidzi Primary School) contacted one of her former pupils for help; the school desperately needed a fax machine. That pupil was