Two Cape Town schools have cracked the Top Ten list for Best School in The World. West End Primary School in Mitchells Plain and Pinelands North Primary School have both been nominated in the World’s Best School Prize for Overcoming Adversity.
This is an intiative by T4 Education in partnership with Templeton World Charity Foundation, Accenture and American Express.
The schools have cracked the Top Ten list and if they win the category, they will receive $50 000 in prize money.
Premier @alanwinde congratulates West End PS & Pinelands North PS! pic.twitter.com/yaSGJYuhZt
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Congratulations to West End Primary in Mitchell’s Plain and Pinelands North Primary for being selected in the Top 10 of the #worldsbestschool prizes – 2 of 50 schools from 29 countries! #strongschools @WCEDnews @DavidMaynier @DebbieSchafer @DoveWarda @WCED_Districts @VikasPota pic.twitter.com/lg97UhCcd7
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So much excitement at West End Primary School! 🎉 pic.twitter.com/aUMRaIqq1F
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According to it’s website: “The World’s Best School Prizes identify, recognise, and celebrate schools’ leading and innovative practices that have had a real impact on the lives of their students and of their community.”
West End Primary is situated in Lentegeur Mitchells Plain and has nearly 2000 learners in attendance. Premier Alan Winde praised the teachers, pupils and the community as he noted that for the past decade there has not been a break-in or burglary at the school.
If West End Primary were to win the World’s Best School Prize for Overcoming Adversity, it would use the money to improve and expand initiatives they already have in place as well as implement and initiate new projects. They would also use the prize funds and donations to invest in improving the athletics track, purchasing arts and craft equipment, investing in a sound system for the school hall and improving resources for teaching and learning. The school has also been identified as a pilot school in the community that will introduce Coding and Robotics to the learners who will be able to be skilled for the 4th industrial revolution. World’s Best School Prize website
Pinelands North Primary School has nearly 500 pupils and is “recognised as one of the country’s leading institutions when it comes to fostering inclusivity in education.”
If Pinelands North were to win the World’s Best School Prize for Overcoming Adversity it would use the funds to expand its online school and buy a property close to the school’s premises so it can create a hybrid programme. This would allow an additional 100 students from across all communities to have a vibrant school experience, participating in sporting activities and other extra curriculars. World’s Best School Prize website
The schools will be wittled down to a Top 3 and the winners will be confirmed in October 2022.
