Makana Local Municipality would like to thank Standard Bank – South Africa for making #NelsonMandelaDay special and memorable for our local schools.

The programme was a great success and all the schools were very appreciative of the programme and the learners really enjoyed themselves.

The programme focused on primary schools as part of promoting the culture of reading with understanding, especially in the lower grades.

The Little Library Life Skills Kit focuses on promoting life skills to learners of five to nine years of age. Standard Bank sourced the books from Cambridge Book Publishers in order to make sure they are Caps aligned. Each school got two sets of Little Library Life Skills Kit (i.e. 2 X 60 Readers, 12 colour posters, 1 Teacher’s Guide for each school).

This is part of Standard Bank’s Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programme which prioritises better access to education. The bank’s intention is to support South Africa’s economic and social transformation, by helping our country’s children develop the skills and knowledge they’ll need for a new world of work.

The following schools benefited from the programme: CM Vellem Primary School; Riebeek East Combined School; Samuel Ntlebi Primary School and DD Siwisa Primary School.

Issued by the Makana Municipality Communications Office.