ATNS HANDS OVER VITAL LEARNER EQUIPMENT TO VILLAGE SCHOOL

ATNS HANDS OVER VITAL LEARNER EQUIPMENT TO VILLAGE SCHOOL

Air Traffic and Navigation Services ( ATNS ) SOC Limited, in collaboration with Airlink and the Department of Basic Education , concluded its #mandelamonth initiatives, by handing over fully resourced ICT and Science laboratories to the Ka-Nkuri Village community on Wednesday, 26 July 2023.

The event was attended by among others, Matsambu High School Management, the Department of Basic Education (Circuit, Provincial and National Offices), the Ka-Nkuri Royal House and councillors from the Greater Giyani Municipality .?

Matsambu High School Principal, Mr Bobby Baloyi, said the facilities mean a lot to the school and the Ka-Nkuri community. “It will help us improve our previous years’ results, help learners to conduct research in various subjects and enable them to access previous examination papers, as part of their revision programme”. He concluded, “The ICT laboratory also belongs to the community. Our matriculants and unemployed youth may apply for placement at various tertiary institutions and be able to access various work opportunities nationwide.”?

“Our strategic partnership with ATNS is to ensure that resources such as the ICT and Science laboratories are used optimally, and learners’ performance meets the requisite standards. Learners studying Mathematics, Science and Technology (MST) subjects need to achieve a minimum of sixty (60) per cent or more. This is what we are looking for,” remarked Ms Matladi Khembo, Department of Basic Education Director, MST, Innovation and eLearning Unit.

Mr Mulomoni Nesengani, ATNS Senior Manager in the Office of CEO said among the many community-driven projects that ATNS has been involved in for many years, is its extensive Corporate Social Investment programme. “We expect learners to use these facilities to learn and advance their knowledge in STEM subjects. Matsambu High School can be a centre of excellence. Not only for its learners but for many others within the area as well. We have been to many previously disadvantaged communities across the country, with the sole intent of making a difference in the life of an African child”.?????????????

Running parallel to the formal proceedings of the handover event at the school, a career awareness programme targeted at all grades took place at a community church nearby. Among the exhibitors who imparted deep and valuable aviation knowledge to the learners were Ntsu Aviation , a Small, Micro and Medium Enterprise (SMME) that is in an RPAS training partnership with ATNS ; ATNS Air Traffic Controllers and engineers; as well as the ATNS Environmental and Sustainability department, who shared critical information relating to realist analysis, meant to provide insight into mechanisms by which intervention knowledge may be transferred from one context to the other.

A day before the official handover of the laboratories, ATNS , in partnership with Airlink and Sakhimva Foundation, was involved in an app-building programme, that involved Grades 10 – 11 learners. This innovative initiative offered participating learners programming skills, where they were assisted to develop solutions to real-life problems identified within their communities. Such were presented to delegates and officials the following day.?

ATNS has to date, donated learner support equipment to over a hundred deserving, remote schools in all nine provinces, as part of its community driven ATNS CSI Programme. The company’s core focus is on STEM subject proficiency, especially in Grades 10 – 12 classes.??

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