KNYSNA NEWS - Tina Turner’s famous lyrics rang true as the Knysna Initiative for Learning and Teaching (Kilt) held its annual excellence awards to celebrate the achievements and contributions of trailblazing educators from the Knysna area.
The event was held at Simola Hotel on Saturday 29 July.
“Kilt’s mission is to strengthen the whole school system, to support the enablement of school principals and their teams to transform their schools into centres of excellence,” says Kilt managing director, Sandy Ueckerman.
"To ultimately ensure that over time these schools become schools of choice for parents and to make sure that each child, regardless of race, gender and financial resources, has a solid education foundation."
Ethan Alexander, of Fraaisig Primary School, Nicholas Njozela, O’ Neal Nankoo and Sandy Ueckermann for the reception of the Primary School Sports Participation award.
These educators won the award for the following categories:
The E-Learning Commitment Award:
Constance Stuurman, principal of Fraaisig Primary
The Embracing Literacy Award:
Edgar Adams - Redlands
The After-school study club awards:
Lekhono Mdolo - Percy Mdala
High School Sports Participation Award:
Noshipo Magadla - Percy Mdala
Primary School Sports Participation Award:
O' Neal Nanko - Concordia Primary
The Overall Afternoon Programme Participation Award
Nzoku Tshaka - Percy Mdala
Caring for the community award:
Michael Kleynhans - Hornlee
The Growing Families award:
Carol Paulse - Sunridge
Leadership in action award:
Tinus Opperman - Concordia
Teacher of the Year Award:
Devika Naik - Fraaisig
The 2023 Kilt Excellence Awards also mark the start of the Kilt Participation Point system and the launch of leader boards at various schools to track and award participation of schools in Kilt-led programmes.
The dedicated teachers at the KILT Simply The Best 2023 Excellence Awards having some fun in the photo booth.‘We bring you the latest Garden Route, Hessequa, Karoo news’
