{"id":366494,"date":"2020-01-15T12:39:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T10:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=366494"},"modified":"2020-01-15T12:39:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T10:39:31","slug":"a-look-at-the-new-r110-million-government-school-in-joburg-which-just-opened-its-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/366494\/a-look-at-the-new-r110-million-government-school-in-joburg-which-just-opened-its-doors\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the new R110 million government school in Joburg which just opened its doors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has opened the new state-of-the-art Noordgesig Primary School in Soweto.<\/p>\n<p>Built at a cost of just over R110 million, the school will accommodate 1,800 learners from Grade R to Grade 7 and features green technology infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the most notable facilities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Six classrooms per grade (42);<\/li>\n<li>A Grade R block with four classrooms;<\/li>\n<li>Two smart science labs;<\/li>\n<li>Two smart multi-purpose rooms;<\/li>\n<li>A dining hall and many other facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-366506 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-366508 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-2-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-366510 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/School-3-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an important milestone as the school is among our newly designed and constructed mega school infrastructure aimed at improving the quality of education in township schools,&#8221; said Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is indeed an exciting moment for us\u2026 Our communities deserve better. This is to restore the dignity of our people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The school was previously built from asbestos which prompted a complete redesign and extension of its facilities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Better Life For All <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoordgesigPrimarySchool?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoordgesigPrimarySchool<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eBDI2LJ52R\">pic.twitter.com\/eBDI2LJ52R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Panyaza Lesufi (@Lesufi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lesufi\/status\/1216774257486811136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The opening of Noordgesig Primary comes as the provincial Education Department marks the first year where it will implement the newly gazetted Admissions Regulations, as per the Constitutional Court ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Through this regulation, the Gauteng Department of Education is responsible for admissions of learners at public ordinary schools.<\/p>\n<p>However, the planned system was off to the rough start and Lesufi said that his department was facing capacity problems around student spaces.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the GDE has turned to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/366228\/gauteng-in-talks-with-private-schools-as-it-battles-for-student-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">private schools<\/a><\/strong> to assist with learner placement, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, we can only accommodate a certain number of learners at our schools and as such, we call upon parents to accept placement offers as these are the only spaces available at some schools,\u201d he said.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To mitigate the capacity challenges, the GDE is in the final stages of finalising a partnership with Curro to accommodate learners at their schools.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are also interacting with other private schools to assist us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/366228\/gauteng-in-talks-with-private-schools-as-it-battles-for-student-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gauteng in talks with private schools as it battles for student space<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has opened the new state-of-the-art Noordgesig Primary School in Soweto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":366504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-366494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366494"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366526,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366494\/revisions\/366526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}