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Building a sustainable culture of excellence

This is the last instalment for 2023. The column has been consistent and relentless in its endeavour to generate debates on strategy and topical issues surrounding the teaching profession.

It was not just about provoking debates for their own sake but to build a sustained culture of academic excellence while inculcating a love for the teaching profession, especially in the minds of the novice teacher and to inspire hope among those who might be losing faith and confidence in the profession.

The reason is that if the teaching profession, the hub of any nation, loses its spark, the world will go adrift. I find it fit and proper to end the year by walking the reader through the original, unadulterated character of the teaching profession. Where possible and necessary, one would lace the story with examples drawn from one’s 30-year-old journey as a teacher and education manager.

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Medicine before ConCourt

Yet, while this crisis ravages the communities, the administration is championing a major, resource-intensive legal reform and the establishment of a dedicated Constitutional Court. While the principle of strengthening constitutional justice is commendable, the timing is profoundly misplaced. When the President himself admits the government coffers are limited, every thebe and every moment of political capital must be directed towards the...

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