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Nicola Deghaye

Incomplete resourcing of inclusive education in South Africa: Implications for the reading crisis

In 2021, teachers instructing the average Grade 4 student in South Africa faced reading abilities spanning almost four grade levels in one classroom (Böhmer & Wills, 2023). In this context, curriculum or instruction differentiation is a necessary classroom strategy. The South African curriculum and inclusive education policies recognise learner diversity and envisage class teachers as responsible for curriculum differentiation supported by district and circuit experts.

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April 24, 2025 By: Gabrielle Wills, Nicola DeghayeNicola Deghaye & Gabrielle Wills PDF

Examining the unintended consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on public sector health facility visits: The first 150 days

This paper considers how access to public sector healthcare in South Africa have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic using three sources of evidence: the NIDS-CRAM (Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey) and MatCH (Maternal and Child Health) SMS survey together with routine health care utilisation data from the District Health Information System (DHIS).

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September 11, 2020 By: Ronelle Burger, Candy Day, Nicola Deghaye, Lungiswa Nkonki, Russell Rensburg, Anja Smith, and Cari van Schalkwyk PDF