{"id":229172,"date":"2020-02-05T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/229172\/alberton-schools-and-learners-take-top-positions\/"},"modified":"2020-02-04T15:12:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T13:12:49","slug":"alberton-schools-and-learners-take-top-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/02\/05\/alberton-schools-and-learners-take-top-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools and learners take top positions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The executive mayor of the Ekurhuleni, councillor Mzwandile Masina, honoured the best-performing matriculants of the Class of 2019 at the Alberton Civic Centre on January 29.<\/p>\n

During the Ekurhuleni Academic Excellence awards, recipients of the 2018 mayoral bursary programme were also recognised for their dedication.<\/p>

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The award ceremony focused on awards for best-performing teachers in different subjects, best-performing learners and best-performing schools.<\/p>\n

The most-improved schools were also acknowledged for their hard work.<\/p>

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Best-performing students who are studying at tertiary institutions through the mayoral bursary programme were also awarded on the day.<\/p>\n

Masina congratulated the Class of 2019 and said the metro\u2019s investment in learners extended to their tertiary education.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn advancing our skills development project, we increased our education allocation to R100-million for the Community Bursary Fund.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a 10-fold increase from the previous years, when the bursary fund was at R10-m.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis increase in our bursary allocation has enabled us to help many young people to realise their dreams of pursuing academic training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also introduced the Executive Mayor\u2019s Tertiary Assistance Fund and said it ensured that deserving learners had a chance to further their studies.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe \u2018One Business, One Student\u2019 campaign initiated by the mayor seeks to encourage the private sector to get involved in educating the City\u2019s learners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey adopt learners and donate full bursary support for the duration of their course.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our belief that government, the private sector and civil society must work together to develop the youth.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was joined by dignitaries, including members of the mayoral committee and Department of Education officials.<\/p>\n

Within the list of the top 10 best-performing schools, Alberton High School tied with Ho\u00ebrskool Kempton Park and was awarded first place.<\/p>\n

Parklands High School was awarded second place in the most-improved schools category, while Alberton Matric Project was in 10th position.<\/p>\n

Michael Baxter, a former matriculant from Bracken High School, hoisted the school\u2019s flag high.<\/p>\n

He was in third place as an overall best-performing learner in the metro.<\/p>\n

He expressed his excitement after being awarded a full bursary and laptop.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t expect to receive a bursary or the laptop and I am honoured for being awarded in this category.<\/p>\n

\u201cI intend to study actuarial science at the University of Pretoria and I have also applied to study overseas.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy advice to learners is that they should work hard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n