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Managers of
Gaziantep based Caliskan Group and South Africa based Sumo Coal, brothers
Israfil and Semsettin Caliskan, have constructed a 500-student capacity school
in Pretoria, the managerial capital of South Africa. The inauguration of Star
College was performed by the minister of education of Gauteng province, Barbara
Creecy, in an opening ceremony hosted by a former Fenerbahce midfielder Johan
Moshoe.
The
ceremony started by Moshoe with Turkish jokes. Moshoe, who is currently the
coach of Star College soccer team, talked about his love of Turkey, where he
spent his 11 years. Students sang Turkish songs and dance show of little ones
received great applause from the audience.
Besides the
minister of education Greecy, congressmen, Turkish ambassador of Pretoria Kaan
Esenler, ambassadors of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Zambia, Ukraine to South Africa,
diplomats, politicians and Turkish businessmen attended the ceremony.
After offering his
gratitude to Turkish investors for donating a large education complex to the
capital, Mosheo invited Fatih Caliskan who was representing his father Israfil
Caliskan, and Semsettin Caliskan to the stage. Greecy presented Caliskan brothers
with a plaque of appreciation, and said: First of all, I would like to thank
you very much for gifting us with this magnificent building. I would like to
thank Ufuk [Horizon] Education Foundation who has opened 8 education centers in
South Africa. The school that we are inaugurating now will be a flagship of
others. But I hope that it will not be the last one and you will open more
schools. Turkish schools do not only provide students with just an academic
education they also prepare students for the society by not neglecting
important aspects of education such as sports, personal development, family and
adaptation to social life, and universal code of ethics. Turkish schools
successfully educate out kids on topics of great importance to us such as math,
science, and technology. In this respect, they serve as a model for education
in South Africa. We have sent a delegation to Turkey to study your method of
education.
Following the
opening ceremony, the guests were served with delicacies from Turkish cuisine.
Source: Cihan,
20 April 2013
Disclaimer: The original article is in Turkish. Slight deviations
from the original meaning may have occurred due to the difficulties in
translating phrases and idioms. PII volunteers translated the article.
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