The Nelson Mandela Museum handed over electronic gadgets to the winners of the Human Rights Essay Competition at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre on August 8.
Annually, the museum in Forest Town hosts the essay competition featuring learners from nine provinces. The competition inspired learners to write essays on existing heritage sites within their respective communities.
The competition featured Grade 11 learners from Gauteng, KZN, Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape and this year’s winners were from Gauteng, Eastern Cape and KZN.
Deputy chief of education specialist for values in education Theodora Mohale said the Gauteng Department of Education prioritised the importance of human rights in the different areas of education.
“One of our biggest mandates is to ensure that we infuse human rights education and always welcome any programme that allows our learners to engage with their rights and responsibilities. We also have a moot court competition where our Grade 10 and Grade 11 learners are investigating the violation of human rights. We also work with sites, such as Constitutional Hill.”
Nelson Mandela Museum CEO Dr Vuyani Gweki Booi added that the museum created such programmes to share the values of the international icon, Nelson Mandela. “We are trying our level best to teach not only you (local youth) but international youth about the greatest contribution ever made by Mandela.”
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