No excuses, just success: Phadiela Cooper at TEDxCapeTownED

Phadiela Cooper is the principal of a Khayelitsha school, Centre of Science and Technology, the first township school to make it on to the province's list of top 10 schools. One of their students achieved six distinctions. The school is one of three STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) facilities in the Western Cape where pupils with an aptitude for maths and science are accepted. In this amusing short talk from TEDxCapeTownED, Phadiela shares the story of two learners and how they exemplify the motto that has taken hold in teachers and learners alike: No excuses, just success.

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