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Holding the cheque are, from left, Mrs Takalani Lethole, Circuit Manager of Sibasa, Mr Vhangani Mathauluga, Mr Nditsheni Ra-mugondo (Mbilwi principal) and Ms Paulinah Mothupi (Provincial Youth Manager-Standard Bank)

Bank donates R65 000 to Mbilwi Secondary

 

News  Date: 15 August 2008

 

Mbilwi Secondary School received a shot in the arm, after a well-known bank donated R65 000 to them.

The money is part of Standard Bank’s corporal social investment project that aims to enhance the standard of mathematics and science results at schools. It is also aimed at encouraging best-performing schools in the province to work even harder. Mbilwi, as the best performing school in the province, received the money for their effort. The prize was handed over to the school during a special function at the school hall last week.

Mbilwi Secondary School was started in 1979 and has produced good results in mathematics and science. The first Grade 12 maths and science pass was 90%, but the school immediately picked up to reach the 100% pass rate in no time. The school has received many awards provincially, nationally and lately it was honoured with the Award of the Decade by the local Thulamela municipality for producing 100% pass rate in maths and science for the past ten years.

It also became the first school in the province to qualify in the Club 100 last year after it produced more than 100 passes in Mathematics.

The principal of Mbilwi, Mr Nditsheni Ramugondo, said he was honoured to lead a best-performing school like Mbilwi. He said the only challenge he faced was to keep up the good standards, but he and his staff have made sure that their learners do not disappoint them at the end of each year. “We look back with pride on the quality of results we have produced in mathematics and science over the years,” he said. He thanked Standard Bank for the gift and promised to keep up the standard.

Sibasa Circuit Manager Mr Vhangani Mathalauga was full of praises for the school which he said was the only one which produced 100% results in the circuit. He said the department was humbled by what Standard Bank was doing in partnering government in the improvement of education. “On behalf of the Department of Education, we have great appreciation for such partnerships which will not only motivate our learners but also our educators and also serve to cement the relationship between the private sector and the department,” he said.

Ms Paulinah Mothupi, provincial youth manager at Standard Bank, said it was her bank’s way of ploughing back into the community and more especially dedicated youth. She said the money they were donating was a tribute to the 142 students who passed mathematics at higher grade last year. “With this money we would like to see further development on structures of the school and teaching as a whole. The money is a way of congratulating the class of 2007 and also a challenge to the class of 2008 to do well,” she said

 

Written by

Elmon Tshikhudo

Elmon Tshikhudo started off as a photographer. He developed an interest in writing and started submitting articles to local as well as national publications. He became part of the Limpopo Mirror family in 2005 and was a permanent part of the news team until 2019. He currently writes on a freelance basis, covering human rights issues, court news and entertainment.

 

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