Ninetté Nell (Hoon), a former learner of Parys High School and Parys Primary School, received her M.Ed Masters of Education: Guidance and Counselling from the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia on 11 December 2016.
After she had qualified as a teacher in Pretoria, Ninetté taught at Montana High School and Pretoria Christian College. When the family emigrated to Australia, Ninetté became interested in special needs and completed a postgraduate diploma in this field at Unisa (Cum Laude).
Ninetté also obtained a postgraduate   diploma in Psychology from QUT,       Australia.
She is currently the head of Special Needs, Catholic Schools in central Queensland. She is also a registered counsellor and a qualified neurofeedback specialist.
Ninetté is very proud of the schools in Parys and is grateful to the principal and all the  teachers for the part they played in her     education.
Ninetté is married to Morné and the family has three children.