DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT: Growing its own timber
first mentored as an undergrad tutor, then as an Honours marking assistant, an Honours co-lecturer, Honours supervisor and later he even co-supervised a Master’s student who passed with a distinction. Mrs Monicah Mothlabane and Mr Michael Adeoye Ayodeji followed a similar path, having completed their Honours and Master’s, they are now busy with their PhDs, while engaged in part-time work. Assistant lecturer, Miss Mpolokeng Rebecca Mongake, is another proud UJ alumni in the DELM who started off with a BEd, progressed to an Honours degree and has now submitted her Master’s dissertation. Mrs Sumayah Ebrahim is another success story, a cum laude Master’s graduate, currently undertaking a PhD, who served three years in DELM as an Assistant Lecturer. Mrs Ebrahim currently serves as a research administrator for the Honours online programme, while serving in an educator leadership position in the United Arab Emirates. Finally, an exciting pilot project was recently undertaken in the DELM when a new supervision model was introduced. To build much needed supervision capacity at the Honours level,
Authored by: Suraiya R Naicker (Head of Department of Education Leadership and Management) The Department of Education Leadership and Management (DELM) is led by two UJ alumni, having completed their Honours, Master’s and PhD’s at UJ. Dr Suraiya Naicker is currently the Head of Department and Dr Parvathi Naidoo the Deputy Head. Both were awarded PhD scholarships namely, the New Generations Scholarship and left leadership positions in secondary education to study at UJ. Dr Naidoo was a successful principal and Dr Naicker was a deputy principal, but both reinvented their careers as successful academics at UJ. In addition, Dr Sadi Seyama, a staff member in a Senior Lecturer position in the DELM, also emerged as an alumnus from the same Department. Dr Seyama completed both her Master’s and PhD in the DELM and continues to thrive with a best paper award
Dr Suraiya Naicker – Head of Department of Education Leadership and Management
Dr Sadi Seyama – Senior Lecturer
from the Equality Diversity Inclusion (EDI) Conference in 2022. Since the launch of three fully online programmes in partnership with Higher Ed
Mr Adeoyi Awodeji Alumni – PhD candidate
Dr Parvathy Naidoo – Senior lecturer
Partners South Africa (HEPSA), various part-time Master’s and PhD students were recruited by the Department as teaching and marking assistants, research administrators, and supervisors. Remarkably, PhD candidate Mr Peter Oloba, who hails from Nigeria, was an Honours student in Dr Naicker’s class, who continued with his Master’s, and has just submitted his PhD for examination. Mr Oloba was
top Master’s alumni were approached, employed, and
mentored to supervise Honours candidates. The overall success of the Department’s alumni can be attributed to astute mentorship that prevails but also the creation of opportunities for alumni to find a place where they can contribute, grow, and thrive.
Mrs Monicah Mothlabane Alumni – PhD candidate
Mr Peter Oloba Alumni – PhD candidate
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