Ukuhlangana nemiphakathi yezemfundo eNingizimu Afrika

5 March 2020

Ngesikhathi sephrojekthi ye-YDML First Mobility eKapa, ​​ababambiqhaza bebebheke ngabomvu ngokuvakasha kwezikole okuhleliwe. Besikulangazelela kakhulu ukuhlangana nothisha nabafundi baseStellenbosch High School futhi sixoxisane ngolwazi lokufunda ngedijithali kanye nokukhetha kwentsha isikole nomsebenzi.

Ukuvakasha esikoleni kwakujabulisa. Konke kwazizwa kujwayelekile futhi kungavamile ngesikhathi esifanayo kithi baseYurophu.

Isikole samabanga aphezulu iStellenbosch sasungulwa ngo-1978 njengesikole sezobuchwepheshe esigxile kwezamabhizinisi, esavulelwa abafundi bazo zonke izinhlanga ngo-1992 (ngemuva kokuphela kobandlululo). Eshumini leminyaka lokuqala lenkulungwane entsha isikole saqanjwa njengesinye sezikole ezihamba phambili eNingizimu Afrika. Njengamanje lesi sikole sibhalisa abafundi ababalelwa ku-620 kanti sinothisha abangama-35. Ezindala nezintsha zihlangene ngokuzwana esakhiweni sesikole lapho inqubo yokuhlinzeka igumbi ngalinye ngekhompyutha kanye ne-projektha isaqhutshwa, kodwa uphawu lwengozi yezempilo yomhlaba wonke yanamuhla – ingqamuzana legciwane le-corona – ngokuqondana okungavamile odongeni lwenye yamalebhu esayensi avuselelwe futhi ahlome ngokuphelele.

Abafundi abasebasha banesizotha, kodwa bayazethemba futhi baxhumana ngokukhululekile. Basitshele ukuthi (futhi kungani) bakhethe ukufunda eStellenbosch High School, basibonisa amagumbi abo okufundela e-Google*, babelana ngamaphupho abo kanye nezifiso zabo ngekusasa.

Ukutholakala kweqiniso kosuku nokho kwasilethela ukuvakasha kwethu eKlapmuts Primary School. Izinze endaweni empofu kakhulu engamakhilomitha angama-40 ngaphandle kweKapa. Bonke abafundi baseKlapmuts Primary bathola ukudla esikoleni, kanti kwabanye wukuphela kwesidlo sabo sosuku. Cishe u-83% wabafundi bakulesi sikole baphuma emindenini ethola izibonelelo zikahulumeni. Othisha abangu-43 abasebenza kulesi sikole njengamanje bafundisa abafundi ababalelwa ku-1540. Eminyakeni eyi-10 nje edlule amagumbi okufundela esikole ayesezindaweni ze-asbestos. Isakhiwo samanje esinezitezi ezimbili sinamagumbi okufundela avulekile, umtapo wolwazi kanye nesikhungo sabezindaba, futhi sihlinzeka ngendawo ephephile ukuze izingane zendawo zifunde futhi zidlale.

Lesi sikole sinozwela ngezidingo ezinkulu emphakathini, nokuzibophezela ekusebenzeleni nasekuthuthukiseni lo mphakathi. Umbono wesikole uthi “Ukuqeda umjikelezo wobumpofu ngokunikeza abafundi amathuluzi okuncintisana ezingeni Lomhlaba Wonke” futhi othisha bazibophezele ekulenzeni iqiniso. Phakathi nezingxoxo zethu othisha baveze ngokusobala ukuthi ezikhathini eziningi kufanele babhekane nokuhlukumezeka ngokomzwelo kwabafundi babo futhi usuku lwabo lwesikole ngokuvamile luqala ngenduduzo kunokuba luqonde phambili ngokufundisa nokufunda.

Noma kunjalo, lokhu akubavimbeli abafundi abasebasha e-Klapmuts Primary School ekutholeni amakhono ekhulunyaka lama-21, ama-drones okundiza kanye nokuwina imincintiswano, futhi akunciphisi ukuzethemba kwabasebenzi besikole ukuthi mhlawumbe uNelson Mandela olandelayo uzofunda esikoleni sabo ngaso lesi sikhathi.

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Lolu hambo lwenzeka ezinsukwini ngaphambi kokuthi ubhubhane luvalele ngaphandle, ngakho-ke izindlela zokufundisa nokufunda ezisekelwa ngobuchwepheshe obaboniswa abafundi baseStellenbosch High School beziyingxenye yendlela yabo yokufunda evamile.