Greetings, Bachelor of Education 4^TH year students

My name is Collins Dumisani Morgan Motai. I am currently registered for the doctoral degree in Social Justice Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Edgewood campus.

I invite you to consider participating in my study that focuses on social justice in higher education from a student’s perspective. This research undertakes a comparative approach in establishing the relationship between social justice and students’ choice (between public and private institutions) of a particular higher education institution.

The study is titled: Exploring the interrelationship between initial teacher training students’ perspectives on social justice in higher education and their choices of a particular higher education institution. This study will involve a focus group that will be either in person on campus or online.

Criterion to participate:

B.Ed. students in their final year of study, enrolled at UKZN Edgewood Campus 

If you are interested in being part of the study, please scan the participant survey using the link below:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=BdeHz9wj6EqoZkf7SST6eiPg26LCIH9PtWfXZlSluS1UNExNS0o1V081Tk1XQjBGMFRZVVg5WEtUMC4u

Should you have questions, feel free to contact me at 224010919@stu.ukzn.ac.za

This study has been ethically reviewed and approved by the UKZN Humanities and Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee as per protocol reference number: HSSREC/00008247/2025.

Kindly find attached the gatekeepers' permission letter, ethical clearance letter, and the information sheet, which outlines the details of this study.

I look forward to hearing from you, and your participation will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Collins Dumisani Morgan Motai

Supervisor: Dr. C Gaillard (Gaillardc@ukzn.ac.za)