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The director of Bright Future Academy, Babalwa Mtumtum, confirmed that this academy has opened a Preparatory School at Qweqwe locality in Mthatha, where they focus on learners from 0 months to five years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said that they had noticed that their area did not have a pre-school; learners woke up as early as 05:00 to travel to pre-schools that are in town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a result, they do not attend any school until they are six-years-old and go to formal schooling. Our main aim is to assist all learners in order to produce a quality society. We also started an after-school programme at the same venue whereby learners from their schools are provided with daily reading, then assisted with homework.<\/div>\n
Mtumtum<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

She added that after that they will provide learners with educational and life topics to build their future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mtumtum said that they would also equip them with skills like singing, traditional dance, etc., because they wanted to keep them busy, so that they do not have time to be involved in wrong-doing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to her, they also have sporting codes soccer and netball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She confirmed that they are trying to use the youth who come from this area to help them, and provide them with training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe also help those learners that still need to go to tertiary institutions by applying for them. So we are building a Youth Centre to assist other children through education. Another thing we saw that youth from this area are very demotivated and some are using drugs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow we want to save those who are still young so that they can get education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mtumtum added that if they find that some of the learners from Qweqwe have a problem, they take them to the Remediation Centre in Norwood, which is also based in Mthatha, because they have an occupational therapist (OT). They also do referrals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnother service that we have is that we visit children who are living with disabilities like Cerebral Palsy and we assist their families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes we wash and feed them. We also stay with them when their parents are going somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She confirmed that the site she has will be a home of the Bright Future because when she gets funding, she will build a centre that will be a full-service school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides these initiatives, Mtumtum also assists learners who are struggling in some of their subjects by offering Saturday classes at Norwood Primary School in Mthatha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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