Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane

Dr. Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane is an education researcher working at the National Department of Basic Education in South Africa as the Director for Reading. Her work includes system monitoring 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, 2021-2024). She has also led the development of early grade reading benchmarks for 11 South African languages. She has a Doctorate in Education Policy from Stellenbosch University. Her thesis contributes to the language debate through policy analysis and using large-scale empirical evidence for bilingual and multilingual literacy policy options. She is a non-resident fellow with the Centre for Global Development and a research fellow with the University of Stellenbosch. She is part of the Academic Leadership Team for the What Works Hub in Education and one of the fellows.