Thabo Mohlala

‘Teaching gives me a sense of completeness’

‘Words cannot describe the emotions experienced by both learner and educator when a basic skill has been mastered’

‘To recognise a dedicated educational activist who led by example’

‘My learners’ achievements become my achievements’

‘I believe in talking with children in order to bring and find lasting behavioural change’

‘Teachers are the heartbeat of the nation’

‘My learners have hijacked my heart’

‘Start small but keep moving’

‘There’s nothing as fulfilling as helping learners attain the academic goals that they’d never even thought of attempting’

‘My classroom is my valued space where I plant seeds and I treasure seeing them grow and blossom’

‘You must be the change that you want to see in your school and in your community’

Integrating indigenous knowledge into the curriculum improves learner performance and produces quality scientists

Taryn Locke co-founded a literacy organisation to inspire and promote reading among youths in impoverished commmunities

Anita van Vuuren is among the growing number of teachers who have discovered the magic of technology in the classroom

Teachers are being trained to deal with overcrowded and bilingual classrooms and improve their performance