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Nadine Petersen

Nadine Petersen works from Bloemfontein, South Africa. I am Nadine Petersen and have an organization called Future Footsteps Foundation which provides help where it can, especially in the area of children and youth.

A university that teaches but does not innovate, that researches but does not apply, will find itself detached from the society it is meant to serve and elevate
BACHELOR S ADMISSION PASS

Why you are not guaranteed a place at university even if you have the credentials

Institutions of higher learning cannot accommodate the tens of thousands of grade 12s who attain a Bachelor’s pass

  • Nadine Petersen
  • Tinus van Zyl
6 min read
BACHELOR S ADMISSION PASS

Why you are not guaranteed a place at university even if you have the credentials

Institutions of higher learning cannot accommodate the tens of thousands of grade 12s who attain a Bachelor’s pass

  • Nadine Petersen
  • Tinus van Zyl
6 min read
Excellence: South Africa needs to build foundation phase programmes that include on-the-job training and theoretical knowledge to produce teachers who have particular knowledge of child development. Photo: Michaela Rehle/Reuters
DYSFUNCTIONAL SCHOOLS

​Building the foundations of matric

Foundation schooling needs highly educated, dedicated teachers and this requires a recognition that this is a desired career choice.

  • Nadine Petersen
  • Sarah Gravett
6 min read
SOWETO

Good teacher graduates emerge when their studies combine theory and reality

The University of Johannesburg has set up a school in Soweto to teach children and student teachers.

  • Sarah Gravett
  • Nadine Petersen
7 min read