A peak at the list of the winners of the 2015 African Eduweek Awards reveals that most of them were South African. Only one winner was not from South Africa and that is SpellAfrica Initiative from Nigeria.
Organisers of the inaugural African EduWeek Awards revealed the list of the winners at a gala dinner held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The African EduWeek Awards looks at the most innovative and life-changing projects, organisations, companies, teachers and education professionals who have been responsible for pioneering new frontiers, pushing boundaries, for inspiring others and for achieving growth in education in Africa.
The theme of this year’s African EduWeek was ‘Enter a world of educational knowledge’, and gathered more than 3500 teachers and education professionals this week.
According to Riaan Jonck, CEO of Pearson Education, the lead sponsor for the award, “We are very proud to be associated with African Eduweek in order to honour our teachers.”
“Pearson has trained over 80 000 teachers in South Africa to date, and continues this professional development ethos through the established Teacher and Lecturer Academies. These academies were established in 2014 to deal with the challenges faced by the educators. The focus is on equipping educators with practical knowledge and skills with the aim of helping learners to flourish.”
The panel of judges for the award that chose the finalists and winners from 130 entries comprises leading experts in the education sector, including teachers, NGOs, suppliers and consultants. They include Ariellah Rosenburg, CEO, ORT Marius Ehrenreich, President of South African Principals’ Association / Groote Schuur High School; Graham Brown-Martin, Founder, Learning Without Frontiers – African EduWeek – E-Tech Africa keynote speaker ; Sharon Rowe, Principal, Foot Prints Special Needs School and Jaye Richards Hill, Managing Director, Tablet Academy Africa.
Here is the full list of the 2015 African EduWeek Awards:
Supplier of the Year 2015, Basic Education: One On One Community Based Programmes, South Africa
Supplier of the Year 2015, Higher Education: TSiBA Education NPC, South Africa
Supplier of the Year 2015, Early Childhood Development: Clamber Club, South Africa
Supplier of the Year 2015, Special Needs: Sensory Solutions, South Africa
Supplier of the Year 2015, ICT: Edit Microsystems, South Africa
Supplier of the Year 2015, Innovation Product Award: The Reach Trust, Department of Basic Education & UNICEF
Environment Award 2015: Collect-a-Can, South Africa
Community project of the Year: SpellAfrica Initiative, Nigeria
NGO of the Year 2015: Knysna Education Trust, South Africa
Winner of the Future Stars Award: Mapule Mofokeng, Student, CTI Randburg Campus.
Winner in the Stars in Education Award: Lesiba Kwenaite, Teacher, Pirwana Secondary School, Limpopo
