EXECUTIVE PROFILE: HEAD OF DEPATMENT: Ms KO DEDEREN


Ms Khathutshelo Onica Dederen was appointed Head of Department and Accounting Officer for the Limpopo Department of Education on 01 May 2021 after serving in an acting capacity for a period of one year, that is from February 2020 to February 2021.

Ms Dederen is a hardworking, focused and motivated person who has acquired extensive knowledge and skills in the field of Leadership, Management and Governance within the broader Public Service Sector.

She holds a Master of Education Degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and her work experience spans across the schooling and tertiary education sectors having served as a Mathematics, Physical Sciences and English teacher at secondary school level, English lecturer and Head of Department for English at a College of Education and part-time lecturer for both undergraduate and post graduate students at university (Institutions of Higher Learning).

Ms Dederen spent most of her time working in the Basic Education sector where she held several senior positions which include the following:

·         Chief Director: Curriculum Development and Support

·         Deputy Director-General: Curriculum Management and Delivery

·         Deputy Director-General: Institutional Governance, Coordination and Support

 

 



 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 

 


 


 

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