Take the bull by the horns, urges fellow student
JOBURG - With the matric examinations only 10 weeks away, Grade 12 pupils have been given a lifeline in form of big screen revision programmes by Ster Kinekor cinemas.
Pupils from Minerva Secondary School and the Leap Maths and Science School in Alexandra were among the many who were spurred on to work hard and ensure they pass their matric examinations due in 10 weeks time.
The two schools were among a number of other Gauteng schools that took part in the maths and science revision programme which is screened countrywide by Ster Kinekor cinemas to enable matric pupils to prepare for their final examinations towards the end of the year.
Known as the Telkom Mobile Educ8 programme, it was launched at the Ster Kinekor cinema in Sandton by the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Advocate Tshililo Masutha, who took the opportunity to wish the pupils good luck as they prepare for the final examinations.
Masutha said the wealth of South Africa needed developed youth who possessed potent skills that were capable of turning the vast wealth of resources in the country into a prosperous nation. “We are all dependent on you excelling in maths and science in order to operate and use the many equipments that will come with our hosting of the world’s largest telescope.”
One of the pupils, Khumo Sematle of Sir Pierre van Ryneveld High School, urged her fellow pupils to work hard in their revision to ensure they pass their matric in order to take this country out of the doldrums and into a bright future.
Equating the examinations to a frightening bull, Sematle said; “If these examinations instil fright in you, then you should take the bull by the horns. Tell yourself you can and you will do it,”she said.
Role model for the pupils Dr Xolani Mkhwanazi, who is the chairperson of BHP Billiton, described how he used to go to school barefoot in the remote village of Kwadlangezwa in KwaZulu-Natal as his parents could not afford to buy him shoes.
“I was often discouraged too and told that maths and science were difficult subjects but I took them on and here I am today, a mathematician and scientist who is the chairperson of the world’s leading mining resources company. Back then, who would have thought I would go this far. This is a testimony that with hard work comes huge rewards,” Dr X, as he is popularly known, said.
