Last year Ms de Villiers also received the award, but this year’s award was exceptional as 11 students participated in this voluntary endeavour, and their average was above 80%. The more students participate, the easier it is to reach the high mark.

The names of Anke Greyling, Nalani Grobler and Moses Monageng will be on the honorary roll of Unisa as they have achieved above 90% in the exam. The other students who entered the music theory examination were: Lindelo Ngece, Xolani Mkhondwane, Nicolei Prinsloo, Angelique Fourie and Alicia Coetzee as well as Anri Swan, Anette Senekal and Lené Jacobs who is teaching this year.

Ms Ronel de Villiers - outstanding music theory lecturer	From right: Anke Greyling, Moses Monageng and Nalani Grobler who achived above 90% for their examination.

What makes this so outstanding is that Moses Monageng had no prior knowledge of music when he registered as first-year student at the Faculty of Education.

“We at the Music Department will continue to emphasise the importance of sufficient contact time to enable students without any music background to obtain the necessary skills and knowledge in music and to equip them for high quality teaching in music”, said Ms de Villiers.