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The professor using social media to 'make education fashionable'

Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng became the first black South African to get a PhD in mathematics education - after a stranger paid for her education. Wanting to repay that act of kindness, she set up a foundation to help other students pay for their university fees.

Now as the vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town, she is using #MakeEducationFashionable on social media to encourage other people to share their own education stories. She tells 麻豆约拍 OS she hopes these will inspire others.

(Photo: Mamokgethi Phakeng. Credit: Je'nine May)

03 December 2019