Africa-Press – Lesotho. Econet Telecom Lesotho (ETL) awarded Busy Bee English Medium School with M100 000 as the winners of the ‘pay school fees with EcoCash’ competition. Busy
Bee English Medium School had the highest percentage of school fees collected through EcoCash during the course of the campaign. ETL Sales and Distribution Manager ‘Matikoe Letsie explained that the promotion was
launched last year and ended in August 2020. She said the mandate of the promotion was to encourage schools to participate in the pay school fees with
EcoCash campaign. “School principals were asked to encourage parents to pay school fees using EcoCash,” she said adding that this is how schools increased their
chances of winning. Letsie indicated that there were prizes rewarded to parents during the campaign as an encouragement to those who paid school fees from M500 and above and data prizes
worth M50 040 were shared among different schools on a quarterly basis where Busy Bee English Medium School scooped the first and second prize in quarter
one and three respectively. She said more data prizes worth M5 495 were awarded to a total of 14 lucky parents who paid their children’s school fees using EcoCash
since the campaign started. Letsie revealed that the “pay school fees with EcoCash campaign” was influenced by the requests made to the Public Relations Office, for assistance in schools
renovations. “We are committed to play a major role in social responsibility as ETL,” she said. She said the campaign came as their first step to assisting
schools. She said schools should be in a safe and conducive environment as children spend most of their time there. Busy Bee English Medium School Board Vice Chairman Koantlane Molefi thanked ETL on
behalf of the school. Molefi said they intend to contribute within the local setting, more so, the education fraternity. “Obviously among those is the issue
of the school infrastructure in terms of security of learners,” he said. He added that they will build a security wall around the school and provide protection
equipment to safeguard students’ health during this time of Covid-19 pandemic. “The M100 000 is going to contribute so much to all the necessities of the school,” he observed.
ETL Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dennis Plaatjies congratulated Busy Bee English Medium School and said the campaign will continue through their programme, HigherLife Foundation.
He said through HigherLife Foundation, they assist vulnerable children with educational needs. If you would like to subscribe for informative newspaper FREE WhatsApp Edition,
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