The MEC for Education in the Free State, Mr Tate Makgoe will on Friday evening, 18 September 2009, deliver the keynote address at the 10th National Teaching Awards (NTA) provincial ceremony to be held at Protea Hotel, Bloemfontein Central.
The NTA is an annual event, initiated in 2000 by the Department of Education to acknowledge and encourage dedicated and caring teachers in their efforts to develop learners as citizens of democratic, non-racial and non-sexist South Africa.
Other objectives of the NTA are to:
* focus public attention on the positive aspects of education, thereby raising the public image of the teaching profession
* recognise and promote excellence in teaching performance
* honour dedicated, creative and effective teachers and schools
* encourage best practice in schools
* afford South Africans the opportunity to publicly say thank you to outstanding teams or individual teachers in schools
* reinforce the opinion that successful teaching requires a collective effort from communities, teachers and learners.
The NTA has eight categories, which are as follows:
* Excellence in primary school teaching
* Excellence in secondary school teaching
* Excellence in primary school leadership
* Excellence in secondary school leadership
* Excellence in grade R teaching
* Excellence in inclusive education and special needs teaching
* Excellence in adult basic education and training
* Lifetime achievement award
Details of the National Teaching Awards (NTA) provincial ceremony are as follow:
Venue: Protea Hotel Central, Bloemfontein
Time: 17h30 for 18h00
Date: 18 September 2009
All media interested in covering the event to RSVP before 12h00 on Friday, 18 September 2009. Seats are limited:
Isaac Ntshauba
Tel: 051 404 8314
E-mail: ntshaubai@edu.fs.gov.za
For further enquiries contact:
Solly Magalefa
Cell: 082 573 3404
Tel: 051 404 8314
E-mail: magalefasr@edu.fs.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Education, Free State Provincial Government
17 September 2009
