Minister Pandor to host learners in her office in Cape Town, 05 September 2007, at 13h00

4 September 2007

The Minister of Education, Mrs Naledi Pandor will tomorrow, Wednesday, 05 September 2007 at 13h00, host a group of learners from schools around the Western Cape province in her office in Cape Town, 120 Plein Street Parliamentary Building.

The learners will use the opportunity to showcase their reading talent to the Minister.

The event is organized as part of the National READATHON week, which began yesterday, 03 September and ends on the 07 September 2007.

Readathon is a national campaign aimed at promoting reading and writing skills in order to develop a culture of reading in South Africa. Now in its nineteenth year, Readathon is geared to distribute reading materials to more than 26 000 schools, 330 000 educators and more than 13 million learners.

Issued by the Ministery of Education

Lunga Ngqengelele
012 312 5538
082 566 0446
ngqengelele.l@doe.gov.za