CPUT pursues partnership with EC top school

In his pursuit of constantly strategising new ways to reach and cultivate potential students, and to build a pipeline of diverse students, Dr Garth Van Gensen, Director: Marketing and Communication, leads a team of student recruiters in their outreach, and ensures timely delivery of essential information to prospects.

Van Gensen recently took a sho't left to the revered Soqhayisa Senior Secondary School, which has become a spirited mainstay of the learning landscape in the pulsating society of the coastal city of Gqeberha. The school is a propelling nucleus of intellectual evolution and advancement for a number of learners.

In 2023, the school from Motherwell in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape, achieved a 100% matric pass for the fourth consecutive year. In the past, the school was known for all the wrong things, but is now an outstanding example.

It has been reported by Media24 that when Mlungisi Nopote, the school's principal took over the reigns in 2008, he vowed the school would produce pleasant results and to transform its bad name. "When I got here in 2008, we only had about 275 pupils but now we have 1 600 pupils. In grade 12, there were about 22 pupils but now we have more than 300 pupils. It's because of hard work and discipline. I believe that teaching is God's work. It is what God wants and we must make sure as teachers that we are teaching the learners," Nopote was quoted.

Reflecting on his trip, Van Gensen said: "The trip there was a breeze, and the members of the community were very helpful and accommodating." He held an introductory meeting with the principal, and "[Nopote] was very excited about the prospects of having some kind of partnership with CPUT. "Both his children graduated here [CPUT]. A follow-up meeting is on the cards sooner rather than later."

For now, there is an eager willingness from the school to have some agreement/partnership with CPUT.