Primary School Maths

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Education during Covid, News, News Updates, Primary School Maths, Teacher Training, Youth employment
September 3, 2020

Tumelo Mokoena is a tutor at Mohlodi Primary School, where he inspires a love of maths to learners in Grades 1,2 and 3. This 22-year-old says that teaching maths has greatly changed since he was in primary school. "Especially, if you consider lockdown learning, teaching via smartphones and devices!" As a tutor he is eager...

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Education during Covid, M&E Tools, News, News Updates, Primary School Maths
August 9, 2020

This Women's Month we feature some exceptional women in our community. The first of our August heroines is Barbara Bogogolela, who shared her experience of teaching Grade One under challenging circumstances. Back in January this year, Mrs Bogogolela stood on the long corridor outside her classroom door, leading the young Grade Ones into her class...

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Education during Covid, News, News Updates, Primary School Maths, Teacher Training, Youth employment
August 1, 2020

Once upon a time, when Simphiwe Mtshali was working in a health spa, where Women's Month meant doing lots of manicures and massages. This year, during Covid-19 lockdown, she has been massaging numbers and building children's futures online. From beauty therapist to maths tutor was a substantial career shift, but the journey continued in ways...

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Alumni, Education during Covid, News, Primary School Maths, Teacher Training, Youth employment
July 20, 2020

Early Childhood Development (ECD), entrepreneurship, and dreams of becoming a speech therapist motivate JumpStart success story, Siduduzile Mthembu. There’s nothing small about her educational ambitions, which took some time to get going. There's everything big about her determination to come back from hard times. Her life's focus now is her work as an educator, entrepreneurship,...

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News, Primary School Maths, Youth employment
July 14, 2020

Mosa Letsie, a Sasolburger born and bred, found that lockdown can be survived by sticking to the books. This mathematics tutor at Malakabeng Primary School in Zamdela loves the school wholeheartedly. "I'm part of the family, as Principal Kganakga says!” says Mosa. Four months of lockdown without teaching has been painfully frustrating. Continuing her honours...