Dr Nosihle Veronica Sithole
Acting Departmental Manager & Lecturer
Qualifications: PhD (Accounting Education) | MEd (Accounting Education) | BEd Hons (Commerce Studies) | BEd (FET Phase)
Professional Background
Dr Nosihle Veronica Sithole is a Lecturer and Acting Departmental Manager in the Department of Postgraduate Studies Education within the Faculty of Humanities. She specialises in commerce education and holds a PhD in Accounting Education, for which she was awarded the Dean’s Special Award for completing her studies timeously. She also holds a Master's degree in Accounting Education, a BEd Honours in Commerce Studies, and a Bachelor of Education in the FET Phase, all from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. A former commerce teacher in the Umlazi district, Dr Sithole brings practical classroom experience to her academic role.
Her academic leadership and service extend across the institution and the broader education sector. She serves as the Faculty of Humanities Curriculum Champion, Quality Assurance Chairperson, Chairperson for the Accounting Community of Practice (CoP), and a researcher for the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) under the Department of Basic Education. Dr Sithole actively supervises Honours and Master’s students, and her research interests are deeply focused on the utilisation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in pedagogy to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.
Areas of Expertise
- • Commerce and Accounting Education
- • ICT in Pedagogy
- • Curriculum Development & Quality Assurance
- • Teacher Education
Selected Publications
Highlighting the 5 most recent scholarly contributions.
- • Sithole, N. V. (2025). How can the connection model for integrating Information and Communication Technology solve four major grade 12 accounting problems? International Journal of Educational Innovation and Research, 4(1), 86–99.
https://doi.org/10.31949/ijeir.v4i1.11626 → - • Sithole, N., & Dube, B. (2025). The Ambivalence of Accounting Education Among University Students: Towards a Collaborative Learning Environment. Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 10(1), 375-391.
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.20 → - • Sithole, N. V. (2024). Grade 12 Accounting curriculum in preparing students for the Bachelor of Accounting programme. International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science, 13(9), 167-176.
View Journal → - • Sithole, N.V. (2024). Investigating Pedagogical Competencies of Post Graduate Certificate in Education Students to Teach Accounting: A South African Case Study. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 5(6), 961-973.
https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20245613 → - • Sithole, N.V. (2022). The Efficacy of Microteaching in a Teacher Education Programme During the Lockdown at a University in South Africa. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 22(2), 76-91.
https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.22.2.5 →
Recent Conference Presentations
- • Sithole, N.V. (2025). Embracing an effective assessment method in the Post Graduate Certificate in Education in a technology university. 20th Educational and Development Conference (EDC2025), Bangkok, Thailand, 5–7 March 2025.
- • Sithole, N.V. (2024). How can the connection model for integrating Information and Communication Technology solve four major grade 12 accounting problems? 10th Annual International Conference on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Higher Education, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 3–5 October 2024.
- • Sithole, N.V. (2024). Reinforcing Digital Assessment in Accounting High-Stakes Examinations. 40th AEAA Annual Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 19–23 August 2024.
- • Sithole, N.V. (2024). The Influence of Curriculum Changes on Teachers’ Experiences of Teaching Accounting: A Case Study of South African Secondary Schools. 18th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED2024), Valencia, Spain, 4–6 March 2024.
- • Sithole, N.V. (2023). Learning Management Systems After Lockdown: A Case Study of Post Graduate Certificate in Education Students in South Africa. 15th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN23), Lisbon, Portugal, 3–5 July 2023.
