The company’s managing director Andrew Motsomi revealed they have set themselves a target to ensure that they support the schools in their areas of influence to be amongst the top 20 performing schools nationally by the year 2030. He said this when addressing relevant stakeholders during a donation of eight porta cabin classrooms worth over P1.3 million at Rakops Junior Secondary School. The donation was made possible by the Project Management office employees together with their business partners; Lereka Engineering, RMB Solution, and Pinagare Engineers. To realise this goal, he explained that Debswana conducted an education and skills survey for future study in 2022 to establish improvement areas in 54 schools in their host communities.
He explained that the study looked into, amongst others, learner performance, teacher performance, administration, and infrastructure. Motsomi also shared that their plan includes developing a new way of addressing issues that concern 54 schools in their host communities. He also stated that the plan would also address the causes of low pass rates from primary to secondary school levels. Additionally, the programme is intended to be co-implemented with the Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education and will focus on two core areas. “First, we aim to support better pass rates and academic progression by enabling better numeracy, literacy, and science knowledge,” Motsomi said “Second, we aim to accelerate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) understanding,” he added. Furthermore, the managing director indicated that they have seen the significant benefits that students can gain through better ICT understanding, including the ability to self-teach.
