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(From left) Timothy Thumbi from Glenwood High School, Janine O’Connor from Books & Books, Gabriel Davis from Glenwood High School,
Miss Koliswa Mbatha, Deputy Principal of Cato Crest Primary School, Sally Juckes BDO Audit Partner, Siphelele Mkhize and Noven Naidoo.
R10 000 worth of books
for disadvantaged KZN school
There were smiles all round as the deputy principal
and 20 learners from Cato Crest Primary School
were presented with R10 000 worth of books at
Glenwood High School recently as part of the 2013
BDO Inter-School Quiz run by BDO, the world’s fifth
largest auditing and accounting firm.
A total of 25 KwaZulu-Natal schools took part in this year’s
quiz, with a team of four boys from Glenwood High School
emerging as the champions. The winning Glenwood team
was also presented with their trophy at this event and
witnessed the delight of the representatives from the school
they had nominated as recipients of the books.
Sally Juckes, BDO Audit Partner, said that the annual event,
now in its fourth year, was proving to be increasingly popular.
“We at BDO are extremely proud of this initiative and the
fact that it enriches the lives of so many children – both by
encouraging learners to expand their knowledge and strive
for excellence and by providing essential reading material for
youngsters in need.”
Miss Koliwe Mbatha, deputy principal of Cato Crest
Primary School, thanked Glenwood for choosing their
school to receive the books and said that the books
would be treasured.
One thousand one hundred and eighty learners from
disadvantaged backgrounds attend the school which is
situated in an informal settlement between Mayville and
Cato Manor. It has been in existence for 13 years.
The new books, donated jointly by BDO and Books & Books
Durban North, will add to the school’s limited existing
collection which is housed in a small building that will now
become the library. Most of the books chosen are in English
as Miss Mbatha said they wanted the children to be fully
conversant with English.
Glenwood’s headmaster, Trevor Kershaw, said he was
delighted and proud that his learners had won the trophy
and said it would be staying at the school as they planned to
win again next year.
The winning Glenwood team – Gabriel Davies, Siphelele
Mkhize, Noven Naidoo and Timothy Thumbi, all in Grade
11 – were prepared for the event by Vish Naidoo, a teacher
who had participated in the first BDO school quiz while he
was still at school. They met after school twice a week for a
quiz on general knowledge questions. The team’s score of
81% in the quiz earned them the winner’s trophy, an Apple
iPod shuffle from BDO and the privilege of selecting the
disadvantaged school to receive the R10 000 worth
of books.
The competition, now in its fourth year, is open to Grade
10 and 11 learners at schools in KZN. Teams made up of
four pupils are selected by their
school to compete in a round robin
competition against other school
teams. Each team is asked a series
of general knowledge questions and
the top two teams go through to
the final. l
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