The foundation used over N.dollars 1.7 million to build the four classes, a multi-purpose room and a new sewage system, while also repainting the whole school and repairing the school’s 14 toilets that were non-functional since 2011.
Groot Aub Primary School is located some 56 kilometers south of Windhoek and has about 900 learners between Grades 0-7.
Speaking at the inauguration of the classes the Foundation’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Meryl Barry, said the donation was aimed at addressing the shortage of classrooms at the school that forces the school to use the double session system.
“This school will now be able to include primary education for more learners in the morning time,” she said.
The new classes, furnished by the First National Bank Namibia at a cost of N.dollars 144 720, will accommodate about 140 grade 4 learners who previously attended afternoon sessions due to the unavailability of classrooms in the morning time.
Berry explained that projects by the foundation are aimed at addressing social and economic disparities as well as government development priorities.
She added that the foundation also partners with government and other non-profit organisations whose goals are aimed at viable, innovative and sustainable solutions to national priorities.
In the speech delivered on her behalf, Minister of Education Arts and Culture, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa thanked the Pupkewitz Foundation for their contribution and emphasised on the importance of stakeholder involvement in education, saying that the nation will only succeed if education is seen as a venture that should be addressed by different stakeholders.
“Experience has taught us that education is not a stand-alone commodity that should be left entirely on the hand of the Ministry,” she said.
She called on business people to take part in education and nation building by contributing the little they can to especially addressing the double session system.
She further encouraged teachers, learners and parents to take up the responsibility of ensuring that the buildings are well taken care of and remain intact.