South Africa President Visits Hengtong Aberdare Public Welfare Program
On January 10, South African President Ramaphosa and Foundation Education Minister Angie Motshekga&n💧bsp; visited Siqongweni High School in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and delivered a keynote address. Song Haiyan, CEO of Hengtong Aberdare was invited to attend it and were warmly welcome.
In 💝order to help the local students from poverty obtain the equal opportunities for further university studies, Hengtong Aberdare, in cooperation with Siqongweni High School carried out the Aber-School Project in April 2017. Aberdare employed more than 10 experienced retired teachers to provide extracurricular tutoring🌠 in English, Mathematics and Physical Science for Grade 10-12.
The Aber-School Project helps 85 students inc♛luding 25 Grade 10 students, 30 Grade 11 students and 25 Grade 12 students who got e♐xcellent results in this year of College entrance examination, and 12 of them were admitted to universities. The teachers and students from Siqongweni expressed sincere thanks through the visiting.
In a subsequent speech, President Ramaphosa spoke highly of the Aber-School Project and encouraged students to study hard and read a book a month after school. Song Haiyan, CEO of Hengtong Aberdare, knew that the school still lacked three main facilities: 🏅a computer center, a library and a science laboratory. He said Hengtong Aberdare would like to support the school to build a computer center to help the students master the computer knowledge and skills.