NED Donkey cart Project Succeeds

Orange donkey cart
Orange donkey cart

MASUNGA: It appeared a laughable idea when it was first introduced, but the donkey cart transportation pilot project for learners in North East District (NED) has, beyond expectations, succeeded.

It has been a year now since the then Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) now the Ministry of Basic Education introduced this project under the supervision of the North East District Council (NEDC) as a pilot project.

At a full council meeting tlast  week, NED council chairperson Florah Mpetsane announced that the pilot project succeeded with zero accidents recorded hence the project will be rolled out to other areas in the district. She said next year when the schools reopen they would have bought 12 more donkey carts to be used to transport pupils every morning to school and afterwards.

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