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Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, praised women educators during the 2023 Women’s Month under the theme: “Empowering Minds: Celebrating Women and the Joy of Reading”.
“May I take this opportunity to wish a Happy Women’s Month to all women in the Education Sector, both in our mainstream schools and Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres,” she said.
Motshekga added that the Department of Basic Education (DBE) wishes to elevate the celebration of the remarkable achievements of women in education, and the power and authority they possess to inculcate in our children, the joy of reading.
“The Basic Education Sector sees this National Commemoration of Women’s Month as a perfect opportunity to acknowledge the incredible female teachers who dedicate their lives to shaping and empowering young minds and instilling a love for learning, sometimes under historically extremely challenging circumstances,” the Minister said.
“In classrooms across our nation, these exceptional women educators are catalysts for fostering a love for reading at an early age, as well as cultivating a healthy reading environment for learners. It is through the power of literature that our young learners discover empathy, resilience, and the strength to overcome obstacles.”
The Minister urged educators to take a leaf from our past teacher heroines, the likes of Frances Goitsemang Baard, Nosipho Dastile and the revered Albertina Sisulu, who, whilst qualified as a nurse by profession but with a strong desire for quality education, used her home in Orlando West Soweto as a makeshift classroom in the 1950s.
“On behalf of the Department and the Sector, I salute and give thanks to all of you remarkable Women educators, right through to our ECD centres and wish you a Happy Women’s Month,” she said.
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