​World Teachers' Day was celebrated on 5 October. In opinion pieces for the media, education experts at Stellenbosch University emphasise the important contribution of teachers in preparing young people for life after school and to fulfil their roles as upstanding citizens. Click on the links below to read the articles as published.

• Prof Nuraan Davids (Mail & Guardian) & (News24)
• Prof Michael le Cordeur (Die Burger)*

*This article originally appeared in Afrikaans. Click here for the published version.

• ​Photo by Katerina Holmes at Pexels.