UCT students and staff are invited to nominate a teacher who is currently teaching in a secondary school and who, in their opinion, deserves recognition for years of dedicated teaching to students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds.

The successful teacher will receive a monetary award of R5 000 and will be expected to give a talk at an award ceremony. The school will receive R1 000 towards educational resources. In addition, the UCT staff member or student who nominates the successful teacher will receive R1 500.

Each nomination should include:

• the nominator's name and contact details;
• the teacher's name and contact details;
• the name and address of the school;
• the name and contact details of at least one UCT student who has been taught by the nominated teacher; and
• a detailed motivation providing reasons why you believe that the teacher has acted as a role model in encouraging students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds to register at UCT.

Nominations should be submitted to Kathy Erasmus, Centre for Higher Education Development, Hlanganani Building, Kathy Erasmus. The closing date is 30 March.