Reflections from the Zambezi

The World Teachers Day that falls on 5th October of each year has been set aside by the United Nations (UN) to appreciate the important role that teachers play in society. The role of teachers in the development of various societies and nations cannot be overemphasized. Almost every person in any profession has passed through the hands of a teacher in their lifetime. For this year's World Teachers Day, I would like to appreciate Professor Dick Ng’ambi from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Professor Ng’ambi made me enjoy learning and showed me how a caring teacher looks like and the actions they perform. Dick Ng'ambi - Image source: YouTube I took classes where Prof Dick Ngambi was the Programme convener for the ICTs in Education Postgraduate diploma in 2011 at the University of Cape Town. Prof Ngambi or Dick as he told the class to call him particularly coordinated the first to courses in the Programme. Dick handled the components that he taught with a lot of passio...