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Kaalfontein Secondary School – South Africa
have used their skills in paving, plumbing, electrical and general building applications.
Some stringent challenges were presented during the restructuring of the school. The
construction site was occupied by 30 mobile classroom units and learners, all of whom had to
be accommodated and relocated while Kwikspace set to work. Construction proceeded without
affecting the normal process of learning at the existing school. This meant that Kwikspace’s
engineers and managers had to plan all site operations and construction activities in five
phases, to adapt to the school’s daily programme. Further arrangements were made to relocate
mobile classrooms to their respective designated locations and settle learners into their new
spaces on a weekly basis.
In a statement made in his budget speech in 2015, MEC Lesufi said that the GED was
committed to improving learning conditions by providing students with a safe, well-equipped
infrastructure for an environment conducive to learning. Comments Kaalfontein Secondary
School Principal, KG Maduma: “The double-storey building is a miracle – our school is now the
envy of all other schools around Thembisa and Kaalfontein.” Kaalfontein Secondary School was
established in 2012, after a steep increase in the community population there, which almost
doubled between the years 1996 and 2011, rising from 237 676 to 463 109 citizens.