{"id":48301,"date":"2024-05-17T09:11:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T07:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/nominate-your-top-teacher-20240516-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:35:48","slug":"nominate-your-top-teacher-20240516-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/nominate-your-top-teacher-20240516-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominate your top teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nominations for the 2024 National Teaching Awards are open!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) the National Teaching Awards give schools the opportunity to celebrate teaching excellence and to appreciate the outstanding work done by our teachers in public schools each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All teachers, school governing bodies and district officials are invited to submit nominations to their principals or centre managers. 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