MTN honours top learners of 2019
The foundation will also award the top-performing township school with a 40-seater multimedia center or smart classrooms to the value of R750 000.
The 10 top-performing matriculants from schools around Gauteng, among them learners with special needs, have been awarded laptops, computers and smartphones with new SIM cards and data by cellular company MTN in recognition of their exceptional academic results.
Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi announced the top achievers for the class of 2019 at an awards ceremony in Johannesburg on January 8. The awarding of the laptops is part of a long-standing partnership that the MTN SA Foundation has forged with the Department of Basic Education and all provincial departments of education to honour matriculants for their academic excellence.
“We are delighted to once again partner with the department to honour these learners for their hard work during the academic year, particularly those who achieved these outstanding results under challenging circumstances. As MTN celebrates its 25th anniversary, we are pleased to share the winning feeling with the matriculants.
“The awarding of these laptops and smartphones is further testament to our efforts to contribute meaningfully to the youth by using connectivity to empower the youth and help facilitate access to education. Through this humble contribution, we hope that we have brightened the lives of these learners and are ushering in the delivery of a bold new digital world,” said Kusile Mtunzi-Hairwadzi, the general manager of the MTN SA Foundation.
The MTN SA Foundation works in partnership with a number of stakeholders including provincial and national government departments to provide much-needed multimedia centers to schools and universities across the country. Furthermore, the MTN SA Foundation has been involved in education through ICT for over 10 years.
The holistic programme addresses learners, educators as well as educational environmental needs.
“MTN is aware of the socio-economic conditions that hamper academically gifted learners from furthering their studies. Requisite tools are required for learning in the 21st century, hence MTN saw it fit to ensure that it provides the tools that will have a lasting impact on the learning requirements of the learners as they embark on a new journey in their lives,” said Mtunzi-Hairwadzi.
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