Kwatsaduza residents who successfully completed their Abet Level one were awarded certificates recently.
The event was held in Thokoza stadium for all Ekurhuleni learners, educators and supervisors as part of the Kha ri Gude.
Meaning let us learn in Tshivenda, Kha ri Gude is a mass literacy campaign targeting millions of South Africans since its launch six years ago.
Driven by the Department of Basic Education, the campaign is aimed at enabling people aged 15 years and over become literate and numerate in 11 South African languages including Braille.
The supervisor for Kha ri Gude Ekurhuleni East, Thandazile Qwabe, said churches, prisons, halls, schools and private homes are used to accommodate the minimum of 18 learners per group.
She said their primary goal was for people to learn where they are, “as long as its a conducive environment”.
Learner assessment portfolios which are completed after every lesson for a duration of six months are used, to give the learners marks.
One of the educators based in Extension 17, Tsakane Sponono Mashinini said, the reason she became an educator was because she the abuse faced by illiterate pensioners.
“Old people are able to handle their own pension money, as well as take medication correctly as they can read the directions on the labels,” added Sponono.
While 56-year-old Nompumelelo Qwane said she doesn’t regret the day she entered a house to inquire about the Kha ri Gude board on their wall.
“Being a Kha ri Gude learner taught me to sign at the bank and write my initials, said Nompumelelo whose favorite subject was numeracy.
