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Yusuf Haas
He was born in a small town called Strand, Cape Town, South Africa. After matric, he qualifies as a woodwork teacher, teaching handicraft and mathematics at a local primary school in the early eigh...view moreHe was born in a small town called Strand, Cape Town, South Africa. After matric, he qualifies as a woodwork teacher, teaching handicraft and mathematics at a local primary school in the early eighties.
He was seconded to the local high school, teaching handwork and woodwork. He excelled as a sports coordinator and athletics and cross-country coach and received his provincial colours and, later, his national colours as a cross-country coach.
He studied further in architecture; he also completed his higher diploma in education, later a higher diploma in technology education and ICT, and a further diploma in educational management. He started developing material for technology and focused mainly on the development of technology. He later resigned to go work as a technology teacher in the United Kingdom for two years and, in the same period, did extensive research in the field of technology and graphic designing.
He returned to South Africa and taught at a school in Cape Town. He then got a post as a technology teacher in Grabouw and excelled in this field. Yusuf completed a course in business management, project management and computer-aided drawings. He was appointed project manager for the Focus School Project. He got the opportunity to research the engineering concepts in schools in Manchester in the UK.
He later became the head of department for engineering technology and steered the new subjects in the school. He was then seconded to the district office as a curriculum adviser for engineering technology till 2010. He later qualifies as a life coach with coaching, mentoring, and counseling experiences. He focuses mainly on educator development. He is currently the principal of Botriver Primary School, Botriver, Western Cape, South Africa.view less
Books by Yusuf Haas
Window to My Soul: A Journey About the Indomitable Power of the Human Spirit