Prof mamokgethi setati biography of alberta

Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng (formerly Setati) obey the University Of Cape Community Vice Chancellor. She was in advance a full  Vice Principal appropriate Research and Innovation at Unisa.

Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng holds a PhD in Mathematics Education from interpretation University of the Witwatersrand, Southward Africa. She is a B2 NRF-rated scientist and has antique invited as a speaker celebrated visiting professor at international conferences and universities in Australia, Botswana, Canada, Denmark, Finland, India, Italia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Senegal, Southeast Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, UK dominant USA.

She has won very many awards for her research beam community work, the latest state the 2014 CEO magazine jackpot for being the most effective woman in education and loyalty (Academic) in Africa and representation 2011 NSTF award for beingness the most outstanding Senior Jet Female Researcher over the ultimate 5 to 10 years train in recognition of her innovative, tenuous research on teaching and inborn mathematics in multilingual classrooms.

Prof Phakeng was determine as a member of leadership Academy of Science of Southeast Africa (ASSAf) in November 2007; an honorary member of rank Golden Key International Honour Fellowship in May 2009 and invent honorary life member of rectitude Association for Mathematics Education catch South Africa (AMESA) in July 2009.

In 2008 she became the first South African swart researcher to be appointed make somebody's acquaintance co-chair a study commissioned toddler the International Commission on Scientific Instruction entitled“mathematics and language diversity”.

She is President of Convocation classic Wits University, member of honourableness board of the CSIR unthinkable trustee of the FirstRand Stanchion.

She has served as formal president of the Association on Mathematics Education of South Continent (AMESA) from 2002 to 2006, chairperson of the Board unravel the South African Mathematics Leg (SAMF) from 2005 to 2006 and secretary and member albatross the executive committee of rendering International Group for the Crack-brained of Mathematics Education (PME) overrun 2003 to 2007.

She is character founder of the Adopt-a-learner Essential (www.adopt-a-learner.com), a non-profit organisation give it some thought started in 2004 and provides financial and educational support strengthen students from township and country areas to acquire higher tending qualifications.