Harkerville Primary

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  • Distance to Plettenberg Bay: 12km
  • Number of students: 352
  • Grades: R – 7
  • Typical characteristics: Small school with big class groups
  • Number of teachers: 9
  • Number of BIA-kids: 25
  • BIA-staff in the school: 1 mentor

Important BIA contributions: 1 wooden classroom (“Wendy house”) Volunteers have painted a five-meter mural depicting Eco-friendly themes, helped to start up a vegetable garden. In 2018 Born in Africa built 2 additional class rooms for the school and 1 classroom for BIA mentor Sarija here together with Rotary Club Plettenberg Bay

In 2018, Harkerville Primary had six teachers educating an average of one hundred and forty students, therefore forcing the children to be divided into multi-grade classes. The school then grew exponentially and soon counted more than 300 learners. To bring some relief to the teachers and children, Born in Africa built two additional class rooms and installed permanent structures in the existing classes to ensure every grade could be taught in their own class room.