The Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga will on Thursday 17 November 2016 through the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative (ASIDI), hand over Bungu Junior Secondary School in Bungu Township outside Libode in the Eastern Cape.
Bungu JSS is one of 170 schools completed nationally as part of the programme since inception. The R24 million school is an institution of learning to 392 learners. It boasts a computer lab, 11 classrooms, a Grade R centre, science laboratory, resource centre as well as a multipurpose centre and nutrition centre where the school serves learners with meals daily.
In addition to the provision of complete school infrastructure, the ASIDI programme has provided water to 615 schools, sanitation to 425 schools as well as electricity to 307 schools that previously had none.
Members of the Media are invited to attend the hand-over as follows:
Bungu Junior Secondary School:
Date: Thursday, 17 November 2016
Time: 07h30
Venue: Bungu Junior Secondary School, Bungu Township (outside Libode), Eastern Cape (Directions Attached)
Enquiries: Elijah Mhlanga - 083 580 8275
Troy Martens – 079 899 3070
ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION