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IOL: Deaf pupils to build boats
Two former pupils of the Noluthando School for the Deaf in Khayelitsha are to go to the Netherlands to learn boat building.
Songezo Nkwenkwezi, 18, and Kgabiseng Nkahle, 20, are to leave on September 19 for a two-week training course in Amsterdam.
As one of the local school's commitments, learners are trained to meet job market requirements so they are not left jobless on graduating.
"We wish we could keep learners even after they have reached the age of 18 years, but we have to align with the rules set by the education department," said a teacher, Ruth Mthombeni.
To bid the two farewell, the school is launching the boat building project today in an event coinciding with the Deaf Awareness Week campaign.
And learners have been visiting other schools as part of the awareness week.
The school has 208 learners and is not allowed to take more than 240 a year, but it is seeking to increase this year's admission numbers to accommodate more learners in the Western Cape. "We try to accommodate every deaf learner at this school," Mthombeni said
The school, which has 45 teachers, is planning to launch a parent's support group because it feels parents are not sufficiently involved in the education of their children.
Two former pupils of the Noluthando School for the Deaf in Khayelitsha are to go to the Netherlands to learn boat building.
Songezo Nkwenkwezi, 18, and Kgabiseng Nkahle, 20, are to leave on September 19 for a two-week training course in Amsterdam.
As one of the local school's commitments, learners are trained to meet job market requirements so they are not left jobless on graduating.
"We wish we could keep learners even after they have reached the age of 18 years, but we have to align with the rules set by the education department," said a teacher, Ruth Mthombeni.
To bid the two farewell, the school is launching the boat building project today in an event coinciding with the Deaf Awareness Week campaign.
And learners have been visiting other schools as part of the awareness week.
The school has 208 learners and is not allowed to take more than 240 a year, but it is seeking to increase this year's admission numbers to accommodate more learners in the Western Cape. "We try to accommodate every deaf learner at this school," Mthombeni said
The school, which has 45 teachers, is planning to launch a parent's support group because it feels parents are not sufficiently involved in the education of their children.