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GAMALAKHE SHOBEDE ECD AND EDUCATIONAL CENTRE IS OPERATING AS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
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- HAS REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE SERVICES OFFERED ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE DEPARTMENT’S CRITERIA FOR OPERATION
- SERVES CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3 MONTHS UP TO PRIMARY SCHOOL.
- OPENS MONDAY TO FRIDAY, AT 06.30 AM AND CLOSES AT 6.30PM; AND CLOSES DURING MAJOR SCHOOL AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
- OFFERS A CURRICULUM PROGRAMME RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR BABIES UP TO 4 YEARS, CONTAINED IN THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK (NCF).
Founder & Head of School
Mrs. Constance Hloniphile Shobede is a South African visionary, business mogul and entrepreneur, focusing in the education sector in which she has founded three Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre’s that have created over 60 job opportunities. She is the founder of Gamalakhe Shobede ECD Centre, Isilomosamazungu ECD & primary school and Shalom ECD Centre located in Illovu, Mkhazini and Umlazi respectively.
At age 52, she officially retired from the Department of Education, where she worked as an Educator for over 25 years, to pursue her passion through affording the vast knowledge gained to structure high performing and evolving ECD centers, developing young children while fulfilling her dreams as a community spearhead. She plays a pro-active role as Project Manager overseeing all operations of her ECD centers and ensuring all day-to-day obligations are met.
The first ECD center built was Gamalakhe Shobede ECD Centre, named after her late husband Mr. Patrick Gamalakhe Shobede who was a school principal at Ntsabalele CP school, a motivational speaker, an Evangelist, and intellectual powerhouse.
The second ECD center assembled was Isilomosamazungu ECD & primary school, named after her childhood nickname “Slomo Zungu”, which translates to a peoples’ favorite and well appreciated individual. This school started operating in 2020 as just an ECD Centre, but vastly progressed into a primary school due to high demand in the community.
Last assembled ECD center was Shalom ECD center, driven from the church attended by her family and neighbors in the Umlazi community, Apostolic Faith Mission Shalom Branch. To her, the realization of young children in the area receiving a well developing and evolving center for the community at large simply made perfect sense.
Mrs. Shobede, mother of two sons and three daughters, is a renowned community leader who is respected in many frontiers and vastly invited to speak in congregations as a motivational speaker, an entrepreneur, rising woman in business and many other self-elevating roles. A religious woman of virtue and a strong believer of excellence, she lives by the verse “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10).
MEET THE FOUNDER AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL
Mrs Constance Hloniphile Shobede
Inclusive
we treat all kids equally regardless of their culture or religion
Responsible
we take our kids very seriously during our daily work
Respectful
we teach respect and prepare you to be mentally disciplined for the outside world.
Collaborative
group work is promoted in our school
Vision
Is to provide and promote high quality early learning and child care programmes to meet the needs of children and families in ILovu, Amanzimtoti and all the surrounding villages. The goal is the holistic development of a child’s social, emotional, cognitive and physical needs in order to build a solid and broad foundation for lifelong learning and wellbeing.
Mission
- To provide affordable quality primary education to children within their locality to ensure a solid foundation is laid for their growth and development.
- To produce children that are competent at this Foundation Phase so that they have the necessary skills to do well in the later phases.
- To instil among children values of human dignity, respect for human diversity and love for all people.