Good Morning Angels: Supporting our matriculants to ace the 2020 final exams in the year of COVID-19
The Class of 2020 will start their final exams soon. Kagiso Capital and Growthpoint Properties will be investing R1,000,000 to assist matriculants with basics while preparing and writing the most important exams of their lives.
BACKGROUND: The Class of 2020 matriculants will be sitting for their first final exam on 19 October, when all candidates will write Life Orientation and then the final exams start officially on 5 November to 15 December 2020.
The final school exams are extremely significant in the lives of school leavers and this is always a stressful time where extra support is needed. This year, amid the health crisis and national lockdown brought on by Covid-19, many school days were lost and matriculants spent a large part of the year at home. Many homes are not ideal for learning, with families struggling to provide basics like food, electricity and in many cases safety. Educators and the government are doing the best they can to prepare candidates, but focus and concentration on academics are not possible without a healthy diet and support at home, leaving the poor at a huge disadvantage.
With this in mind, Kagiso Capital and Growthpoint Properties will be investing R1 000 000,00 to assist matriculants who are most in need of these basics while preparing and writing the most important exams of their lives. Ultra-Link, the IT and Tech supply company for home and business, will sponsor high quality, comfortable masks to each learner assisted as well as thermometers and masks to their schools, to the value of R1,25 million.
RECIPIENTS AND THEIR ANGELS:
19 Schools in Tshwane have nominated matriculants for GMA Class of 2020 Matric Support
A total of 375 matriculants will each receive:
* Monthly grocery hamper for October, November and December: Sponsored by Growthpoint Properties and Kagiso Capital - delivered by OneCart
* Enough masks to wear at school and home for three months: Sponsored by Ultra-Link
* Additional masks and thermometers for each of the 19 Tshwane schools represented: Sponsored by Ultra-Link
* Access to 33 online tutoring workshops in different subjects presented by Goodie Tutors: Sponsored by Growthpoint Properties and Kagiso Capital
One of the schools who will be benefitting from this project is Stanza Bopape Secondary in Mamelodi East
Stanza Bopape Secondary is in Mamelodi East. The school has 140 matric candidates this year. Many families in the area are struggling to make ends meet and the children are painfully aware of the challenges. The school Principal, Bethuel Malepe, says despite the challenges, the matriculants are focused on their finals. One of the Learners, Ntabiseng Mabasa says passing her matric well, would put her on a path for success for the future for herself and her family.