About Us
Adopt-a-School Foundation
Olifantsvlei Primary School
Olifantsvlei primary school is a school situated on the Southern side of Johannesburg in an area called Eikenhof. The school started operating in the early 60s in a cowshed. It was predominantly initiated for the children of the black employees of the Johannesburg City Council. All the classrooms and one toilet block were built from donations. Only the computer room and two other toilet blocks were built by the Gauteng Department of Education.
The school is catering for children from rural farming communities and informal settlements. Majority of the parents are either unemployed or doing piece jobs and earning subsistence type of an income.
The property or land which the school is built on still belongs to the Johannesburg City now called the Johannesburg Metro. The very property has been leased to Moses Maren Mission from September 1994 for a fixed period of 20 years i.e. until 2014.
During the time when the Gauteng Department of Education was in the process of ensuring that all farms school become state schools on state land, the Moses Maren Mission agreed to detach Olifantsvlei primary and Moses Maren Technical secondary school from the leash. This is evidence building of computer rooms and toilets for both schools whereby the Moses Maren Mission never interfered. The councilor Mr Dan Bovu is the best person to attest that.
Mission
We will achieve the above though
- Working together with the community and all the stakeholders
- Effective teaching and learning
- Resourcing the school with relevant teaching and learning material
- Teamwork
- The promotion of sound relationship amongst all stakeholders
- Adopt a dynamic curriculum package that meets the needs of the community
Vision
To be the best school in producing competent, loyal, health and skilled learners who will play a meaningful role in the global economy.
- to produce the best learners academically, loyally, healthy and self reliant
- To install Ubuntu in our learners, so they can be able to appreciate and also share with others
- To inculcate a positive sporting attitude and to instill positive platonic
Profile
Learners:895
Classrooms:17
Learners per class:53
Pass rate:98%
