The Gauteng MEC for Education and Youth Development, Mr Panyaza Lesufi, has today 27 August 2019, officially launched the East Rand School of the Arts (ERSA), National School of the Arts (NSA) and Pro-Arte Alphen Park as Performing and Creative Arts Schools of Specialisation in a joint function, hosted at ERSA.
The school's facilities have been built to accommodate each of the different focus areas, ensuring that each part is attended to in great detail. The schools therefore undoubtedly offers a very unique learning experience.
The distinctiveness of the schools is in their combination of arts and business.
It is important to note that the ERSA offers six specialised focus areas, namely Dance, Art & Design, Music, Drama, Hospitality and Enterprise Management. After school hours tuition in Dance, Art, Music and Drama is offered to learners.
NSA attracts learners from across the country and some neighbouring countries. It offers the following arts subjects alongside the full academic curriculum: Art (Visual Art & Graphic Design), Dance (Ballet, Spanish, Contemporary & African Contemporary), Drama and Music (Classical & Contemporary).
Pro-Arte Alphen Park offers the following array of subjects, other that the languages, life orientation and maths:
French Second additional Language, Dance, Design, Visual Art, Music, Dramatic Arts, Hospitality, Tourism, Business Studies, Economics; Accounting, Physical Science, Life Science, History, Geography, Information Technology and Computer Applications Technology.
Admission to the three schools is secured through an audition process, in the learner’s chosen art discipline.
“We are excited about launching these performance and creative arts schools of specialisation. We are also thankful of our partnership with ABSA, and appreciate their support which will enhance the school’s profiles. Our learners must be empowered and be prepared to be ready for the corporate world,” said MEC Lesufi.
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