Radio Workshop Podcast—March 20, 2010
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Amelinde Mute is doing what she can to better her school. “This is the resource centre in our school, this room is supposed to be a library (pictured below),” she says. “But unfortunately we just have the empty shelves that are supposed to have books on it, and there are only 20 closed boxes with the books inside…So those books are not useful to us, because we don’t even know what is inside.”
On today’s show we’re imagining a future where every young South African has access to books, computers, and all kinds of other valuable educational resources—a future where all learners are equipped with the tools needed to succeed, and given proper guidance on how to use them.
We meet up with an organization called Equal Education, and find out about their “One School…One Library…One Librarian” campaign. Equal Education is holding a march to parliament on March 21st to create awareness about libraries in schools, and to put some pressure on the government to take action.
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Radio Workshop host Mbali Vilakazi welcomes listeners to the show.
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Thembelihle High School Library: A work in progress
Nombuyiselo Hlomela is an educator at Thembelihle. She says that a library in her school would expand the learners’ worlds, and prepare them to succeed in life.
To find out more about Equal Education, visit their website.
Listen to the learners
“It would be a great dream for me to have a library in my high schnool,” says Mhlangenqaba Mxhego, a Grade 12 learner at Thembelihle High School Khayelitsha. We met up with him and some of his schoolmates in the room that will one day be the school’s library.
Our thanks go out to Amelinda Mute, Mhlangenqaba Mxhego, Thokozile Moapantsi, and Aviwe Sonamzi for sharing their experiences with us.
To keep updated on Equal Education’s activities, join their Facebook group here.
Equal Education
Next up we meet Yoliswa Dwane. Yoliswa works with an organization called Equal Education. Equal Education is holding a march to Parliament on March 21st to create awareness about libraries in schools, and to put some pressure on the government to take action. Their slogan is : “One School…One Library…One Librarian.”
To find out more about Equal Education, visit their website.
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