POLOKWANE – In a move to empower Gr 12 learners and prepare them for their final exam, Capricorn District Municipality (CDM) last week convened 300 learners at a five-day matric camp at Pax College outside Polokwane for extra lessons.
CDM Mayor Mamedupi Teffo visited the camp last Thursday and interacted with learners to wish them luck.
According to CDM media liaison officer Moffat Senyatsi, the camp is part of CDM’s matric intervention programmes to support schools with special catch-up lessons and prepare learners for matric examination in order to improve the overall district matric performance. The municipality has increased the intake of learners from 160 in 2020 to 300 this year in order to cater for more learners who are drawn from both Capricorn North and Capricorn South districts.
Teffo reportedly said it was without doubt that anything that CDM supports, becomes a resounding success. “This is who we are as the district municipality; this is what we stand for because we are the home of excellence. I therefore commend the Department of Education for once again joining us in this journey to assist and prepare you for the final examination. This is because education is very close to our hearts and we are well attuned to the challenges that hinder your matric performance,” she said.
“That is why our involvement is not just about doing a back-to-school campaign in January, talk, take photos and disappear. Our involvement is real in that we invest in the future of the African child and this matric intervention programme has proved to be bearing fruit and has a shining history of success – having produced excellent matric results and many distinctions in 2020,” she said and concluded by wishing them the best of luck.
