Pretoria – Learners from disadvantaged schools will get an opportunity to ride on the world class Gautrain and experience a heritage tour, free of charge, at Freedom Park, between September and October.
Thanks to “Connecting the dots through transport” – an initiative which encourages schools to visit places along the Gautrain route using the train and to educate them about domestic tourism.
Freedom Park and Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on matters of common interest.
Freedom Park and GMA are major attractions in the City of Tshwane and therefore complement each other since they are entities that enhance tourism in the country.
Targeted schools for this initiative include schools from both the disadvantaged and the advantaged communities.
“There will be a minimum of 40 high school tourism learners per school and at least eight facilitators per school.
“The school from Tembisa will be bringing 200 Grade 5 learners and 20 facilitators,” Freedom Park said.
This initiative comes at a time when Freedom Park is also embarking on an outreach project visiting schools in various districts and provinces raising awareness and educating the learners about Freedom Park, a heritage destination.
The ride and tour for learners from disadvantaged schools will be free of charge, while learners from advantaged communities will have to pay. – SAnews.gov.za
