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Deputy Minister of Social Development Ms Hendrientta Bogapane-Zulu (left), the principal of Vhembe TVET College, Hlekani Basani (centre) and the regional manager of higher education and training, Mr Frans Ramonyatse, photographed after the launch of the new multimedia centre. Photo: Silas Nduvheni.

New multimedia centre for Vhembe TVET College's disabled students

 

The Department of Social Development, in partnership with the MTN SA Foundation, officially launched a new multimedia centre for students with disabilities at the Vhembe TVET College’s Makwarela campus on Thursday, 29 April.

The launch forms part of the longstanding Public Private Partnership (PPP) between the department and the MTN SA Foundation. Deputy Minister of Social Development Ms Hendrietta Bogapane-Zulu had identified Vhembe TVET College as one of the TVET colleges with the highest number of diverse students with disabilities.

The new centre is fitted with an interactive board that allows a lecturer to present class modules to students with special needs. Equipment that was handed over includes a video camera and braille printer for the lab, which will also enable deaf students to access education.

Bogapane-Zulu said she sincerely appreciated the relationship that had developed between the MTN Foundation and the department, as they (the department) shared the same sentiment with the foundation in view of developing rural villages and helping disabled learners to realize their dreams.

“Working with traditional leaders will also help us to grow our programme from strength to strength in developing rural communities, and we thank the traditional leaders for making land available for development. We want disabled learners from this institution to take special care of this media centre we built for them,” said Bogapane-Zulu.

She said that her aim was for learners with disabilities to have access to better education to better their lives, and the multimedia centre was her biggest aspiration.

Ms Kusile Mtunzi-Hairwadzi, representative of the MTN Foundation, said their relationship with the department had been running over ten years now and that the foundation would not rest until rural learners and those with disabilities had sufficient modern technology to improve their learning.

The chairperson of the Vhembe TVET college board, Dr Thiathu Ravhura, conveyed their gratefulness for the centre which, he said, was a massive investment that would go a long way in addressing challenges for people with disabilities at the institution.

“We will jealously guard the multimedia centre from all forms of vandalism, so that even future generations will still be able to make use of it. Gone are the days when lectures are written on green boards. These modern devices used today are to improve learning and teaching,” said Dr Ravhura.

 

 

Date:09 May 2021

By: Silas Nduvheni

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