Mpumalanga Province wins the National Road Safety Debate and Participatory Educational Techniques competition on the Rural Category.
The National Road Safety Debate and Participatory Educational Techniques (PET) competition has come to an end, and the Mpumalanga Province has scooped top prices in different categories.
The province was competing with Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Free State, North West and Western Cape provinces in different categories.
The Mpumalanga Road Safety Debate team under Rural Category were named the champions followed by Gauteng and Free State provinces respectively.
Each learner from the team walked away with R5000 from Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) and R1500 from Liberty.
The best speaker on the same category is from the Mpumalanga Team, Mr Sipho Hlebeya. He was awarded with a tablet donated by Syntell.
Their trainer, Mr Bhekinkosi Nkalanga was also named the best trainer on the same category.
The Mpumalanga Province also got position one on the PET Rural Category followed by Western Cape and Limpopo provinces respectively.
The team, from Khula Secondary School in Nkomazi Local Municipality walked away with R70 000 for their school. The money will be used for road safety remedial work at their school.
Over and above this, each learner walked away with R5000 from RTMC and R1500 from Liberty.
The trainer, Ms Queen Thembekile Mhlongo was named best trainer on the Rural Category.
Meanwhile, the province scooped the second and third price on the Debate and PET Urban categories respectively.
The Debate learners received R3000 each from RTMC and R1500 from Liberty whilst the PET learners received tablets sponsored by Sytell.
The Best Speaker on the Debate Urban Category is Ms Sithembiso Thomo, and she received a tablet from Syntell.
Over and above this, all learners and trainers on positions three, two and one received trophies and medals.
The competitions were held in the province of Free State in Bloemfontein from Monday, 23 September 2024 and were a culmination of work that started in schools then proceeded to provincial level.
The competition is aimed at teaching learners about road safety in an interactive approach.
This project was initiated in 2004 after road crash statistics showed that most of the crashes involved people under 25 years of age. The competition is therefore dedicated to young road users who use the roads as pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, novice drivers and passengers.
It targets learners from Secondary schools between Grade 10 and 11.
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