16 March 2021 By Steven Lebere, Chief Executive Officer of Adopt-a-School Foundation The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact in 2020 on South Africa’s schooling system.  Schools had to be closed, from the end of March to June, and teaching and learning time was lost. Despite this and other impacts, the matric class of 2020…
The Free State province was again the top performing province in the country with a matric pass rate of 85.1%. The province has consistently achieved among the best pass rates nationally. The Foundation’s partner entity, KST, which combines the best practices of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s and Kagiso Trust’s Whole School Development programmes, contributed in no…
The Foundation congratulates Eketsang Secondary School educator, Ms Patricia Kamusoko, on achieving a 100% pass rate by her learners in physical science in the 2020 matric examinations. The result surpasses even the high pass rates achieved in 2018 and 2019. Eketsang Secondary, in Katlehong, Gauteng, has been under Adopt-a-School’s Whole School Development programme for the…
Since its inception in 2004 and to date, the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation has committed R402 million and raised R1.2 billion for education and small business development through its partner entities. Over a million learners, students and emerging entrepreneurs have benefitted through the programmes of the Foundation. To evaluate the efficacy of its programmes, the Foundation…
As South Africa closes out a difficult 2020, the struggle of the year is clearly evident with the unemployment rate hitting a record 30.8 percent, millions of families battling food insecurity and learners who had no access to digital education resources during lockdown facing uncertain results. It’s a bleak picture, not made prettier with the…
Towards the end of 2020, KST Fezile Dabi District Manager, Nathan Pillay, officially handed over a block of four classrooms to the Sandersville Combined School’s SGB. The principal of the school, Ms Ruiters, extended her “heartfelt gratitude’ on behalf of the school and the SGB. She thanked KST “for not only playing an active, stabilising…
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation is pleased to share its 2019 / 2020 Annual Report. The Foundation is thankful to all stakeholders for their contribution to a well-accomplished 2019 / 2020 year. Access the report here.
Nzalo Careers provides coaching services to young school leavers on options for future education and personal development. It’s founder, Sedzani Netshitenze, born and schooled in Limpopo, struggled to find such support for herself. She describes herself as an introvert and never saw herself running a business, but the Black Umbrellas programme helped her to acknowledge…
Chair Club recently handed over 100 school chairs to Bathabile Primary School in Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion as part of the Buy One, Give One campaign. Earlier this year, Chair Club partnered with Adopt-a-School to support disadvantaged schools in rural and urban communities with comfortable world-class school chairs. For every office chair sale, ChairClub donates a locally-manufactured school…
Through a partnership with The Academy of Aviation, Foundation entity Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) supported 11 students to undertake a SAQA-accredited course in Tourism and Aviation. Ten of the students have since graduated and have received their Civil Aviation Authority licenses. The graduates have now begun internships at Lanseria International Airport and with ExecuJet…
