Dr Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane is an education researcher working as a Deputy Director in the Research Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate at the national Department of Basic Education, South Africa. The unit is responsible for system monitoring, supporting performance information management, and conducting research and evaluation of education interventions. She is part of the research team for the government-led Early Grade Reading Study randomised control trials (2015-2018, 2018-2021,2021-2023).
She has a Doctorate in Education Policy from Stellenbosch University; her thesis contributes to the language in education debate through an analysis of history, policies, and large-scale data. She has a Master’s Degree (with distinction) in Education from the University of Witwatersrand. Her studies focused on substantiating the contribution of Randomised Control Trials (RCTs) to evaluating early grade reading acquisition using literature analysis and empirical data analysis of large sample data.
One of her latest publications is Mohohlwane, N., Taylor, S., Cilliers, J., & Fleisch, B.(2023). Reading Skills Transfer Best from Home Language to a Second Language: Policy Lessons from Two Field Experiments in South Africa. Centre for Global Development Working Paper. https://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/reading-skills-transfer-best-home-language-second-language-policy-lessons.pdf
