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05 September 2019 | Story Rulanzen Martin | Photo Early B Music and Simple Stories


 

 

“I have a voice.” | “Ke na le lentsoe.” | “Ek het ‘n stem.” | “Nginezwi."


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Join in the festivities by listening to the live broadcast of the Mokete on KovsieFM and catching it live on http://livestream.ufs.ac.za




 


In support of its commitment to promoting a multilingual, multicultural environment for staff, students, and other stakeholders, the University of the Free State hosted the first Kovsies Multilingual Mokete on the Bloemfontein Campus today.

“The Mokete served as an institutional initiative aimed at promoting a coordinated and inclusive celebration of the regional languages and cultures included in the UFS Language Policy. The university wants everybody to feel that they belong, and that they can be proud of their culture and language. We also want them to know that every person counts; that everyone has a voice and that they can contribute to building a culture which inspires excellence,” says Dr Engela van Staden, Vice-Rector: Academic and Chairperson of the UFS Language Committee.

#IHaveAVoice #KeNaLeLenstoe #EkHetnStem #Nginezwi Early B


During the festival, staff and students from all three UFS campuses participating expressed this celebration in the form of visual arts, poetry, storytelling, drama, music, and song in the dominant languages spoken at the UFS, which is English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, isiZulu, and South African Sign Language.

For the duration of the Mokete, the Red Square in front of the Main Building, was renamed  the ‘Mokete Square’. The Scaena Theatre will play host to a visual-arts exhibition, a drama production called Dogg's Hamlet, as well as a screening of The Visitor.

 Well-known performers Early B (pictured) and Simple Stories,(pictured at below) entertained the crowd as the closing acts on the Mokete Main Stage. The student choirs from our South and Qwaqwa Campuses also performed.

There was multicultural food stalls which sold typical cultural cuisine, from sheep’s head and bunny chow to koeksisters.

The KovsieGear stall, sold Multilingual Mokete-branded merchandise, inlcuding a special ‘doek’ to commemorate the Mokete.

According to Dr Van Staden, the UFS is committed to creating a multilingual environment and hopes to make the Kovsies Multilingual Mokete an annual event which will rotate between the three campuses. “We are proud to host an event of this nature and believe that it will be one of the flagship events on the university’s calendar. The Mokete will furthermore present and strengthen the university’s positioning in relation to multilingualism,” says Dr Van Staden.

The Mokete is furthermore presented in support of the ITP’s work streams on Teaching and Learning, Student and Staff Experience, and the Multi-Campus Model.

Simple Stories

  

 

Sheba lenaneo bakeng sa dintlha tse batsi 

Kopana le rona meketeng ka ho kena ho live broadcast ya Mokete ho KovsieFM le ho le utlwa le phela http://livestream.ufs.ac.za

Ho bontsha tshehetso ya yona boitlamong le boitlhapanyong ba ho kgothaletsa tikoloho e nang le dipuo tse ngata tse fapaneng, le ditso tse ngaka tse fapaneng bakeng sa moifo, baithuti le batho ba bang ba nang le seabo, Yunivesithi ya Freistata e tla baamohedi ba mokete wa pele wa Kovsies Multilingual Mokete mona Khemphaseng ya Bloemfontein mohla la 18 Lwetse 2019. 

“Mokete o sebebetsa jwalo ka boikitlaetso ba setheo sa thuto ka sepheo sa ho kgothaletsa mokete o hokahanyang le o kenyeletsang dipuo tsa sebaka sena le ditso tse kenyeletswang Molaong wa Tsamaiso kapa yona Pholisi ya Dipuo ya UFS (UFS Language Policy). Yunivesithi e lakatsa hore motho e mong le e mong a be le boikutlo ba hore o lapeng, le hore ba ka ba motlotlo ka setso le puo ya bona. Re boela re lakatsa hore ba tsebe hore motho e mong le e mong o bohlokwa; hore motho e mong le e mong o na le lentswe le hore e mong le e mong a ka ba le tlatsetso ho hahuweng ha setso se kgothaletsang boipabolo le mesebetsi e tswileng matsoho,” ho bolela jwalo Ngaka Engela van Staden, Motlatsi wa Morektoro: Akhademiki le Modulasetulo wa Komiti ya Dipuo ya UFS. 

#IHaveAVoice #KeNaLeLenstoe #EkHetnStem #Nginezwi

Nakong ya mokete ona, moifo le baithuti ho tswa dikhamphaseng kaofela tse tharo tsa UFS ba tla kgona ho hlahisa powaneng mokete ona ka sebopeho sa mesebetsi ya bonono ba dintho tse bonahalang, mesebetsi e bopilweng ka letsopa, ho pheta dipale, diterama, le ka mmino - ka dipuo tse ka sehloohong tsa UFS e leng Senyesemane, SeAfrikaanse, Sesotho, SeZulu le ka Puo ya Matsoho ya Afrika Borwa (South African Sign Language).

Bakeng sa nako yohle ya Mokete, “Red Square” e kapele ho mohaho o Moholo, e tla rehwa lebitso jwalo ka “Mokete Square.” Scaena Theatre e tla ba moamohedi wa dipontsho tsa mesebetsi ya bonono, tlhahiso ya terama e bitswang Dogg’s Hamlet hammoho le pontsho ya filimi ya The Visitor. 

Kopana le rona le #FillUptheMoketeSquare le motshwantshisi ya tsejwang haholo wa Early B le Simple Stories jwalo ka ha ba tle be ba thabisa matshwele a tshwantshisa jwalo ka diketsahalo tse dihelang dikgala tsa Mokete Main Stage ka 19:00.  Dihlopha tsa dibini (choirs) tsa baithuti ho tswa Dikhamphaseng tsa rona tsa South le QwaQwa Campuses le tsona tse tla bina
 
Ho tla boetse ho be le mabenkele a manyenyane a dijo tsa ditso tse fapaneng tse rekisang dijo tse rothisang mathe tsa setso tse jwalo ka hlooho ya Nku, di-Bunny chow and di-Koeksisters mme ha ho potang hore sena se tla thabisa batho ba habo rona ba ratang dijo. 

Lebenkeleng la KovsieGear ho tla ba le dintho tsa meetso yohle tse ka rekwang tsa Multilingual Mokete hammoho le tuku e kgethehileng bakeng sa ho keteka Mokete, kahoo o ka sebedisa mokotlwane wa difoto o tla fumaneha lebenkleng bakeng sa ho nka difoto ka diaparo tse ntlehadi tsa setso.  Kamora moo, o ka uplouda difoto tsa hao o sebedisa #KovsiesMultilingualMokete le ho tag ho UFS at @UFSWeb ho Twitter, @ufs/uv ho Instagram. Difoto tse hlano tse nang le ditjhebahalo tse ipabolang di tla fumana meputso e itseng e hlollang. 

Ho ya ka Ngaka van Staden, UFS e itlamme hore e tla bopa tikoloho e amohelang dipuo tse ngata tse fapaneng mme e tshepa ho etsa hore Kovsies Multilingual Mokete e tla ba ketsahalo ya selemo le selemo mme e tla potolohiswa dikhamphaseng tse tharo. “Re motlotlo haholo ho ba baamohedi ba ketsahalo ya sebopeho sena mme re dumela hore e tla ba e nnete ya diketsahalo tseo re tla di thoholetsa le ho di rolela kgaebana diketsahalong tsa alamanaka ya yunivesithi. Mokete o tla boela o hlahise le ho matlafatsa boemo ba yunivesithi mabapi le dipuo tse ngata le tse fapaneng,” ho boletse jwalo Ngaka van Staden. 

Kovsies Multilingual Mokete ya pele ho ya dipakane tse fuperweng hara ITP Teaching and Learning, Student and Staff Experience, le di-Multi-Campus Model work streams. 


Dintlha mabapi le Multilingual Mokete ke tse latelang: 

Letsatsi: La 18 Lwetse 2019 
Nako: 11:00-21:00
Sebaka: Mokete Square (Red Square), UFS Bloemfontein Campus
Moaparo: Diaparo tsa setso 

Dipotso:

Ikopanye le ufsmokete@ufs.ac.za bakeng sa tlhahisoleseding e eketsehileng. 

 

Sien hier program vir meer besonderhede

Neem aan die feestelikhede deel deur by die regstreekse uitsending van die Mokete op KovsieFM in te skakel en regstreeks daarna te luister by http://livestream.ufs.ac.za

Ter ondersteuning van sy verbintenis tot die bevordering van ’n veeltalige, multikulturele omgewing vir personeel, studente en ander belanghebbendes, gaan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat die eerste Kovsie Veeltalige Mokete op18 September 2019 op die Bloemfontein-kampus aanbied. 

“Die mokete dien as ’n institusionele inisiatief wat daarop gemik is om ’n gekoördineerde en inklusiewe viering van die streekstale en -kulture wat by die UV-taalbeleid ingesluit is, te bevorder. Die universiteit wil hê almal moet voel dat hulle behoort en dat hulle trots kan wees op hulle kultuur en taal. Ons wil ook hê hulle moet weet dat elke persoon tel; dat almal ’n stem het en dat hulle kan bydra om ’n kultuur te bou wat uitnemendheid inspireer,” sê dr Engela van Staden, Viserektor: Akademies en Voorsitter van die UV se Taalkomitee. 

#IHaveAVoice #KeNaLeLenstoe #EkHetnStem #Nginezwi

Tydens die fees sal personeel en studente van al drie UV-kampusse wat aan die fees deelneem, uiting aan hierdie viering kan gee in die vorm van visuele kuns, poësie, storievertelling, drama, musiek en sang in die dominante tale wat by die UV gepraat word, naamlik Engels, Afrikaans, Suid-Sotho, Zoeloe en Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal. 

Die Rooiplein voor die Hoofgebou sal vir die duur van die mokete herdoop word na die ‘Moketeplein’. Die Scaena-teater sal gasheer wees vir ’n visuele kunsuitstalling, ’n dramaproduksie genaamd Dogg’s Hamlet, asook ’n vertoning van The Visitor. 

Sluit by ons aan en #VuldieMoketePlein saam met die bekende kunstenaars Early B en Simple Stories; hulle sal die skare vermaak as die afsluitingsvertonings op die Mokete-hoofverhoog om 19:00.  Die studentekore van ons Suid- en Qwaqwa-kampus sal ook optree.
 
Daar sal ook multikulturele kosstalletjies wees wat tipiese kulturele disse verkoop – van skaapkop en kerriebrood (bunny chow) tot koeksisters; dit sal kosliefhebbers beslis beïndruk. 

By die KovsieGear-stalletjie sal daar Veeltalige Mokete-handelsmerkartikels beskikbaar wees, asook ’n spesiale doek ter herdenking van die mokete. Maak dus gebruik van die fotokiosk wat by die stalletjie beskikbaar sal wees om jouself in jou beste kulturele drag op film vas te lê.  Daarna kan jy jou foto deur middel van #KovsiesVeeltaligeMokete oplaai en die UV by @UFSWeb op Twitter en @ufs/uv op Instagram merk. Die vyf foto’s met die meeste ‘hou van’ sal ongelooflike pryse ontvang. 

Volgens dr Van Staden is die UV daartoe verbind om ’n veeltalige omgewing te skep en hoop om van die Kovsie Veeltalige Mokete ’n jaarlikse geleentheid te maak wat afwisselend op die drie UV-kampusse gehou sal word. “Ons is trots om ’n geleentheid van hierdie aard aan te bied en glo dat dit een van die vlagskip-geleenthede op die Universiteit se kalender sal wees. Die mokete sal verder ook die universiteit se posisie in verhouding tot veeltaligheid stel en dit versterk,” sê dr Van Staden. 

Die Mokete is ooreenkomstig aan die doelwitte soos vervat in die ITP se werkstrome vir Onderrig en Leer, Studente- en Personeelervaring en Multikampusmodel. 

Die besonderhede van die Veeltalige Mokete is as volg:
 

Datum: 18 September 2019 
Tyd: 11:00-21:00
Plek: Moketeplein (Rooiplein), UV Bloemfontein-kampus
Drag: Tradisionele drag 

Navrae:

Kontak ufsmokete@ufs.ac.za vir meer inligting. 

 

Ngeminye imininingwane bheka uhlelo 

Yiba yingxenye yemigubho ngokuthi ubambe iqhaza uma sekusakazwa bukhoma iMokete kwiKovsieFM noma uyibuke bukhoma kwi-http://livestream.ufs.ac.za

Ukweseka isibophezelo sethu sokukhuthaza izilimi namasiko ehlukahlukene, kubasebenzi, abafundi nabo bonke ababambe iqhaza, iNyuvesi yaseFree State izosingatha ifestivali ye-Kovsies Multilingual Mokete ezokuba kwikhampasi yaseBloemfontein mhla ka 18 kuMandulo 2019. 

“IMokete wuhlelo oludidiyelwe ngesineke lwenyuvesi oluhlose ukukhuthaza ukugujwa kwezilimi namasiko ehlukahlukene abalulwe kwiNqubomgomo Yezilimi ye-UFS. Inyuvesi ifuna ukuba wonke umuntu ezizwe esekhaya, nokuthi abantu bangaziqhenya ngamasiko nezilimi zabo. Siyafuna futhi bazi ukuthi wonke umuntu unezwi nokuthi bangabamba iqhaza ekwakheni isiko elikhuthaza ukuphumelela,” kusho uDkt Engela van Staden, oyiPhini lika-Rector kwa-Academic aphinde abe nguSihlalo weKomidi Lezilimi e-UFS. 

#IHaveAVoice #KeNaLeLenstoe #EkHetnStem #Nginezwi

Ngesikhathi sefestivali, abasebenzi nabafundi kuwona womathathu amakhampasi ase-UFS abazobamba iqhaza, bazokwazi ukuba yingxenye yemigubho ngokukhangisa ngezithombe nemidwebo, izinkondlo, ukuxoxa izindaba, imidlalo yeshashalazi, umculo, namahubo ngezilimi ezidumile ezikhulunywa e-UFS, okuyisiNgisi, isiBhunu, IsiSuthu, IsiZulu, noLimi Lwezandla LwaseNingizimu Afrika.

Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka iMokete, iRed Square engaphambi kweMain Building izobizwa nge “Mokete Square”. I-Scaena Theatre izosingatha imibukiso yobuciko, umdlalo weshashalazi obizwa nge-Dog’s Hamlet, kanjalo nokukhonjiswa kwe-The Visitor. 

Hlanganyela kanye nathi kwi #FillUptheMoketeSquare okuzobe kukhona amaciko adumile i-Early B neSimple Stories, njengoba bezobe bejabulisa izihlwele uma sebevala umcimbi esiteji esikhulu seMokete ngo-19h00. Amakwaya abafundi ase-South Campus naseQwaqwa Campus nawo azobe eqhulula amanoni.
 
Kuzophinde kube namatafula okudla kwesintu okwehlukene azobe edayisa izibiliboco zesintu, kusukela kwinhloko yegusha, ibhanatshawe kuya kwi-koeksisters, lokhu kuzobajabulisa kakhulu abathandi bezibiliboco. 

Etafuleni leKovsieGear, kuzobe kunezimpahla ezibhalwe ngezilimi ezahlukene ezizobe zidayiswa, okubalwa kuzo amaduku akhethekile okubungaza iMokete. Ngakho-ke thatha ithuba lokuthatha isithombe endaweni yokuthatha izithombe lapho etafuleni ukhombise ngemvunulo yakho enhle. Ngemuva kwalokho, ungafaka izithombe zakho usebenzisa   i-#KovsiesMultilingualMokete, bese uxhuma i-UFS kwi@UFSWeb kwi-Twitter, ne-@ufs/uv kwi- Instagram. Izithombe eziyisihlanu ezithandwe kakhulu zizothola imiklomelo. 

Ngokusho kukaDkt Van Staden, i-UFS izibophezele ukwakha umphakathi lapho izilimi ezahlukene zemukelekile kanti wethemba ukuthi iKovsies Multilingual Mokete izokuba ngumcimbi waminyaka yonke ozobanjelwa kuwona womathathu amakhampasi ngokushintshana. “Siyaziqhenya ngokusingatha umcimbi walolu hlobo futhi sikholwa wukuthi uzokuba ngomunye wemicimbi esizigqajayo ngayo ekhalendeni lemicimbi yenyuvesi. IMokete izophinde iveze futhi iqinise umbono wenyuvesi uma kukhulunywa ngobuliminingi,” kusho uDkt Van Staden. 

Imininingwane yeMultilingual Mokete imi kanje: 

Usuku: 18 kuMandulo 2019 
Isikhathi: 11:00-21:00
Indawo: Mokete Square (Red Square), UFS Bloemfontein Campus
Ukugqoka: Imvunulo yesintu 

Imibuzo:
Ngolunye ulwazi xhumana ne: ufsmokete@ufs.ac.za

 


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UFS congratulates Free State on matric results
2017-01-05

 Description: 002 IBP Matric results Tags: 002 IBP Matric results

With projects like the Internet Broadcast Project and the
Schools Partnership Projects the UFS helps to improve
education at schools in the Free State.
Photo: iStock

The University of the Free State (UFS) congratulates the Free State and its learners on their outstanding performance in the 2016 matric results. The university, who also plays a role in promoting excellence at school level, is proud of the Free State’s achievement as the best-performing province in the country with a 93,2% pass rate, excluding progressed learners.

“On behalf of the university community I would like to congratulate the Free State MEC of Education, Tate Makgoe, who is also a member of the UFS Council, and the Department of Education in the province on this fine achievement. The UFS is proud to be involved in projects that contribute to the success of the province’s learners. These include the Internet Broadcast Project (IBP) and the Schools Partnership Projects (SPP). The projects help to improve the quality of teaching and help learners to overcome severe domestic conditions in rural areas,” says Prof Nicky Morgan, Acting Vice-Chancellor and Rector of the UFS.

Internet Broadcast Project

The UFS IDEAS Lab in the Department of Open and Distance Learning on the UFS South Campus supports learners in 83 schools through the IBP with the help of academic videos. The project is a collaboration between the university and the Department of Education in the province. It includes support for subjects such as Mathematics, Physical Science, Life Science, Economics, Accounting, and Geography.

A purpose-built school appliance, comprising a projector, speakers, and a PC, is set up at each school, where learners receive video lectures from highly-qualified teachers.

During a function held in Bloemfontein on 5 January 2017 to congratulate performing schools in the province, Mr Makgoe made special mention of the IBP and said that part of the success of the province can be attributed to the project. Many of the top performing schools had learners who participated in the project. One of the districts that forms part of the project, the Xhariep District, was announced as the top performing district in the province, and is second in the country.


Schools Partnership Projects

The SPP focuses on teachers in order to have a more sustainable impact, with 69 schools in the Free State and Eastern Cape being part of it.

It makes use of mentors (30) who assist teachers and headmasters with school management, Mathematics, Physical Science, Accounting, and English as language of learning. The project has an annual budget of more than R15 million – all the funds come from sponsors outside the UFS.

Mentors visit schools and share knowledge, extra material, and technology to improve the standard of teaching. The change has been significant. Matric results and Bachelors pass rates have improved dramatically in these schools.

Another aspect is the identification of learners with potential (so-called first-generation students) to go to university. They are assisted through extra classes and in applying for tertiary education and bursaries.

Many of them currently study at the UFS, and also receive mentorship at university.

Dr Peet Venter, SPP Project Manager, said his team is proud to be part of the process of helping the Free State to become the number one province in the country again.

Both the IBP and SPP was started in 2011 and are managed from the university’s South Campus in Bloemfontein.

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