Junior College Fourways recently announced that it will be teaching Zulu as an additional language, with teacher Beauty Sibale teaching the class once a week to all the age groups at the Fourways campus.
“[Being able to] teach Zulu at Junior College Fourways is one of the many things that makes this school different and unique,” Sibale said of her promotion.
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She has been with the school since 2007 when she started as a teacher’s assistant. In 2013, Sibale was granted a learnership through the ADvTech, where she studied Early Childhood Development at the Professional Childcare College in Melville.
“I believe that these children will benefit from the new Zulu programme because they will gain knowledge about other languages and cultures.” It is hoped the introduction of this new subject will be advantageous to the Junior College Fourways schoolchildren in a number of ways.
“I’m very excited about the new class and I’m hoping to learn a few new Zulu words myself,” concluded Elizabeth Jooste, the school’s principal.
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