Community concerned over refuse collection point

The area outside the Merebank Secondary School has become a collection point for refuse from the Merebank shopping centre. This is a cause for concern to community members.

Principal of Merebank Secondary, Mr A Dhantrakash, expressed his concerns stating that the designated refuse collection point was where learners were dropped off and picked up.

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Custodian System introduced to monitor learners

Umbilo Secondary School, based in Wentworth, initially introduced the custodian system in April this year to help the school monitor learners during lesson time and during the breaks. THe custodians are parents who volunteer their services during the week.

Their presence at the school has helped curb incidents of indiscipline among the learners. The duties of custodians include monitoring learners when they enter the gated check on learners during lesson time, do ground duty with educators and they also keep a check a learners' movement to the toilets.

Learners are asked to produce a class pass if they are out of the class during lesson time.

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Crisis Careline receives R100 000 for stationery

Crisis Careline, a non governmental organization in the South Durban Basin has secured a R100 000 stationery sponsorship from Mondi Shanduka.

The paper manufacturing giant has come on board together with Walton’s to supply stationery to underprivileged learners in the South Durban Basin. We at Crisis Careline are delighted to be a part of this venture. Serving the underprivileged has always been our priority.

Crisis Careline champion’s free education but schools are not always available to provide. This left us to make every effort to alleviate this problem, said Mr Shaik founder member of Crisis Careline.

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Environmental workshop fights air pollution

The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance convened various schools in the south of Durban to caution learners about ecological factors that affect the area. The environmental awareness campaign for children was held in Wentworth as a workshop for both high schools and primary schools.

The intention of the workshop was to educate learners on issues of air pollution. Recently, south Durban areas came into the spotlight when an American-based company conducted research that revealed that more and more people in the south of Durban area are affected by air pollution. More than 25 schools gathered for the environmental awareness workshop, including those from Queensburgh, Rossburgh, Umbumbulu and Umlazi. Learners were given a chance to engage with issues related to air pollution, renewable energy, climate change and the importance of trees. The SDCEA Coordinator, Desmond D’Sa, said the SDCEA has always endeavoured to educate people in the area. In a statement to the Southern Star, he said, "In the history of the SDCEA we have always tried to engage the youth and produce posters and documents that are useful to schools. In our twelve years of environmental activism, we have not seen as many children as we have seen in the last few weeks passing though our programmes.

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