The Imperial Group has donated R3 million for the establishment of the resource centre which is set to make a significant impact on the school's ability to provide quality education. This Resource Centre donated by the Imperial Group is fully equipped with a staffroom, general office, kitchen, bookroom, printing room, sick room, TV equipment and library books. In addition, the Imperial Group has started building a school hall at Tsepana Primary  School in Orange Farm costing R3 million which will be completed in the next three months.

 

The Imperial & Ukhamba Community Development Trust has been working with Inkululeko Yesizwe Primary School since 2004, and has contributed a total of R5 million and also ensures that its contribution to the school takes a holistic approach. The Trust has been involved in all aspects of the school's development: providing the Experico Numeracy Programme, supplying textbooks, providing training for educators, developing a library with over 2000 books, providing desks and educational excursions, building a soccer field and a netball court, and in its latest development, contributing a Resource Centre. The benefits of the Trust's assistance are now emerging at every level - from the school management teams to the youngest learners. In particular, the Experico Numeracy Programme is boosting mathematics performance to unprecedented levels.

 

Officiating at the ceremony, Imperial Holdings' CEO, Hubert Brody, commented: "Since Imperial's involvement with the school, levels of numeracy have improved by approximately 30%. This is a significant step towards building a new generation of learners to fill the skills shortage currently facing South Africa. We are proud to be part of a project that was the dream of the late Bill Lynch, a  founder member of Imperial Holdings Ltd".

 

The Trust is currently involved with other primary schools, Tshepana Primary in Orange Farm and Finetown Primary School in Finetown. A total of R12 million has been donated in the duration of the project. It remains committed to ensuring that schools can offer the best primary education possible to all learners.

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For more information contact:

Shayda Arbee, Project Manager

083 449 0044

 

Issued by:

Brunswick South Africa on behalf of Imperial Holdings Ltd

Tel:  + 27 (0)11 502 7300