16 Jun 2020

Moeng College dilapidated infrastructure and the up to P100 million budget proposal has compelled the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development Mr Mmusi Kgafela to visit the school.

Minister Kgafela  indicated that interested contractors who showed up for a site visit for maintenance of the school infrastructure submitted proposals ranging between P80 million and P100 million.

He said the school’s sewerage and water network system was old and had never been fully maintained hence the need for  in-depth maintenance.

Ministry of Basic Education deputy permanent secretary, Ms Mariam Moroba said the minister’s visit was timely as it coincided with her own ministry’s visit to the college.

She said funding requested for the school’s maintenance was high.

Ms Moroba noted that the minister had made a commitment, through appropriate structures, to start  maintenance which he said should be  prioritised.

She indicated that her ministry’s hope was that the project would be ongoing by 2021 when the multiple pathways teaching system commenced.

She expressed the hope that challenges affecting the school would be addressed.

Maintenance of Moeng College, one of the oldest schools in the country, would give the school a face lift, she said.

She said the school had 456 Form Four and 460 Form Five learners with 151 teachers.

Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing Development acting permanent secretary Mr Bareng Malatsi said in an interview that  classrooms, hostels, teachers houses needed to refurbished and a new sewerage and water network  systems put in place.

He said the maintenance tender had been advertised, a site visit to determine the scale of works undertaken while the currently tendering process was currently at evaluation stage.

Meanwhile maintenance of school toilets and setting up of hand washing basins in response to COVID 19 have been completed. ENDS