Two South African teachers in line for $1m prize, but not for themselves
Mokolwane Masweneng and Mariette Wheeler have been included in the top 50 shortlist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2023
09 October 2023 - 21:40
For a Limpopo teacher who has been giving his pupils extra classes for free, the possibility of winning the $1m (R19.4m) Global Teacher Prize is almost unthinkable...
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