BMW to build school for 1,600 children in Ga-Rankuwa
BMW SA says the building will start in 2021 and it will partner with an independent education partner to run the school
BMW SA will spend R113m building and equipping a new school in Ga-Rankuwa, home to workers at its Rosslyn vehicle assembly plant near Tshwane.
The school will cater for 1,600 children from the foundation phase, through primary education and all the way to matric. It will be built on the site of a derelict school, which will be demolished.
BMW says construction will begin in 2021.
The German-owned carmaker already offers employees’ children a pre-primary, early learning centre, as well as graduate and training programmes for staff. MD Tim Abbott says the new school “plugs the gap” in plans to offer lifelong learning.
The derelict school site belongs to the Gauteng department of education (GDE). However, while BMW says it will “collaborate” with the department, the company wants an independent education partner to run the new school.
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