Calling all Western Cape schools! The Western Cape Education Department is celebrating International School Library Month with its annual School Library Competition, where 10 schools can win library resources to the value of R35,000 each!
The theme for this year is “Do you speak Maths?” and learners are asked to communicate how Maths is a language and why it is so important, as well as how winning library resources for their school would help improve learner performance in all subjects.
The competition, which is run with the support of the WCED’s Education Library and Information Services (EDULIS), encourages learners to either write a poem or create a drawing or poster, depending on the grade they are in.
Learners in Grades 4 to 12 can enter the Poetry category, with prizes awarded to three high schools with the winning entries in English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa, and three primary schools with the winning entries in English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa.
Learners in Grades 1 to 3 can enter the Poster or Drawing competition, with prizes awarded to three primary schools with the winning entries in English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa.
One special school will receive a prize for the winning poster or drawing entry.
That’s a total of R350 000 in library resources for our schools!
Details on how to enter will be sent to all schools. Entries close on Friday, 12 December 2025!
See last year’s winners here.
