Local teacher wins provincial award

KNYSNA NEWS - Ethon Alexander, the deputy principal of Fraaisig Primary School in Hornlee, Knysna, won the provincial Excellence in Teaching Mathematics award on Friday 23 August, in the second round of the national teaching awards, run by the Department of Basic Education.

On 12 July, he was named as the winner of the award in the Eden and Central Karoo District, in the first round of the awards.

Alexander, who teaches maths to Grade 7 learners, emerged as the provincial winner of the award after competing against those who had won the award in the seven other provincial education districts.

He will now, together with the other winners of provincial awards in various categories, compete against the award-winners in the other provinces in the final round of the national awards, to be held in Gauteng on 5 October.

'Ecstatic about this'

"I'm still numb - ecstatic about this," he said of winning the provincial award.

"You do this (teach) every day for your learners - I try to make them fall in love with learning."