South African Educator Promotes Inclusivity by Advocating Use of Newspaper for School Book Covers

• This South African teacher understands the diverse socio-economic backgrounds of her learners and is trying to harness inclusivity
• Lindz Umtukulu Wa Jenny took to Facebook with a picture of her students' books covered in newspaper
• The people of Mzansi loved the initiative and discussed the importance of equality in the schooling environment

A South African educator has brought people's attention to a small way she is trying to harness inclusivity in her classrooms – newspaper-covered books.

Government schools in SA have children from townships to those whose parents own multimillion-dollar enterprises. The socio-economic levels vary pretty vastly, which can cause a bit of social and even educational issues.

SA educator harnesses inclusivity with newspaper-covered books

Lindz Umtukulu Wa Jenny took to Facebook with a picture of some of her students' books that are covered in newspaper. She explained that she encourages this as it helps level out inequality, highlighting how this small change makes a huge impact.

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“This is beautiful. I always encourage my students to use anything at their disposal to cover their books, even the potato bags and afrisam bags, then any transparent plastic bag because I understand that they come from different backgrounds.”

Take a look:

Mzansi thanked the teacher

People took to the comment section to thank the teacher and to discuss the importance of equality in the schooling environment.

Read some of the comments:

Dee Sabel Blouw shared:

“In matric, my math teacher asked all of us to cover our books with newspaper! I was sooo angry until he explained to us that we come from different backgrounds, so if we do this, we'd all be the sametjeses I think I loved my math book more than those ones covered with those Barbie covers”

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MakaJunior Bhelekazi Zantsi clapped:

“We used to do this, and there was nothing wrong. This is beautiful.”

Nokuthula Angel Vilakazi is all for it:

“Absolutely awesome ”

Valentine Pungwayo said:

“Thankfully appreciated Koni wami for your flexibility, love, and caring, including your support and tips to the children ❤”

Teacher feeds pupils breakfast before school

Briefly News reported that it is often said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and one South African teacher is ensuring her pupils get all their needed nutrients before starting their school day.

TikTokker and teacher @lerato_lerata posted a video showing how she brings milk, sugar and cereal for her learners to eat in the morning.

The footage shows the children lining up with bowls to get their helping of breakfast.

Source: Briefly News