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	Helping children to become interested and involved in their school work

	The challenge
	Some children may lack motivation. Others want to learn - but their families cannot always help them, or may not see the need for education.
	"Let children become excited about reading, writing, calculating numbers. Help your learners become excited about education and to enjoy at least some of the subjects that they're doing." Jean Tiley, teacher educator, South Africa

	Some solutions
	Make learning interesting and filled with fun. If you give the children exercises, remember to mark them and give feedback. It's important to motivate learners through praise.
	"Praise is essential in the classroom. It makes a child feel that he matters and it gives the child confidence and urges him or her on to work harder so that he gets more of such praise." Dr. George Kankam, lecturer, Ghana

	What teachers have said
	Most important: give the children a sense of self-worth.
	"Learners also have needs, so if you give them the opportunity to tell you about their ideas, they develop their thinking, and you will also help them to think that 'I am also important!', and 'I've got something to say and I am listened to' ". Beatrice Mdlolo, teacher, South Africa

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