2026
Yidan Prize Conference, Dakar
Bala Wande Foundation Phase Mathematics Programme Presentation documented in supplied photographs.
About Dr Lorna Sako
An educator.
A researcher.
A practical perspective.
A professional path connecting inclusive education, early mathematics and support for teachers.
Education, with people in view
Meet Dr Lorna Sako
Dr Lorna Sako is a mathematics specialist whose work brings together inclusive education, teacher development and early mathematical learning. At Funda Wande, she supports the Bala Wande intervention in Limpopo, working with teachers and teacher-assistant mentors in participating Sepedi-medium schools.
Her professional background includes work in special schools and temporary lecturing at the University of Limpopo. Her doctoral research examines the conditions that enable students with disabilities to participate in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges. Across this work, the focus is practical: how educational settings, teaching and support can make learning more accessible.
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Current role and professional history are employer-reported. Research records use the scholarly name Lorna Pheeha Sako.
Current role and professional history are employer-reported. Research records use the scholarly name Lorna Pheeha Sako.
Education and experience
PhD (Community and Continuing Education), University of Limpopo, 2020. Her doctoral thesis examines inclusive practices in Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges in Limpopo.
Funda Wande records earlier temporary lecturing in Foundation Phase Literacy and Life Orientation at the University of Limpopo, and 21 years working in special schools. The 21-year figure is the history reported in the employer biography.
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Selected professional record
A path through research and practice.
2025
AMESA National Congress
Teaching multiplication and division as inverse operations in the Foundation Phase using the Bala Wande resources Listed workshop contribution.
2024
AMESA National Congress
Capacitating Learners for the Digital Space by developing Number Sense using Bala Wande materials Listed workshop contribution.
2021
Mathematics support in Limpopo
Joined Funda Wande on 19 April 2021, supporting the Bala Wande intervention.
2020
Doctoral research in inclusive education
University of Limpopo thesis in Community and Continuing Education, examining inclusive practices in TVET colleges.
Conference records describe programme or proceedings entries. They do not establish keynote status or attendance figures.
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