Maths & Science

By YES Youth, Lindy Shingange & Lerato Mashego “National Science Week (NSW) is an annual celebration to promote awareness of the value of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to people’s daily lives. It is an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and...

Penreach’s Shalamuka Science Centre has been a host of this national initiative since 2012. [button size='small' style='' text='VISIT ARTICLE' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://lowvelder.co.za/496984/watch-national-science-week-2019-penreach/?fbclid=IwAR3WXqIxTjuF2uutbdtJ2axJrx688E_tYTIYN1zV5k5Oq6W90wgDKYSA6Wc' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] MBOMBELA – Penreach is attempting to break the fear that science is only...

Penreach maths & science team support target school learners in their participation of the EV Challenge 2019. The Penreach Change Agents continuously encourage students to get involved in STEM programmes through activities like the EV challenge. The primary goal of particpation in the EV Challenge is...

By Jerry Machikopa Penreach Change Agent Only 3 of 13 members of the council for the Academy of Science of South Africa are women. University enrolment and Science workforce environment in South Africa is highly dominated by males. According to John Butler-Adam (editor-in-chief of the South...

As part of the Asifundze Literacy and Numeracy Programme, Penreach field advisors discovered an activity to promote language across curriculum, by encouraging learners to use English across all subject communication in teaching and learning. Research has shown and continues to verify that good public speakers have...

Mrs. Nyundu Ngomane has 68 learners in her Grade 4 Mathematics class at Somcuba Primary School.  Overcrowding, classroom control and ill-discipline are the main issues that demotivate and prevent her from effectively teaching a subject she once loved. In February 2016, Penreach administered diagnostic tests...

In South Africa the importance of Maths and Science can probably not be highlighted enough. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness report of 2015/2016 South Africa was ranked 138 out of 140 countries in terms of its maths and science education. Both these subjects...

Penreach and the Department of Education have been working together since 1999 to ensure that each regional science expo is a success. Mandlesive Secondary, Enkhokhokhweni Primary, Cyril Clarke and Tiboneleni, all Penreach Target Schools, presented a total of 20 projects ranging from innovation technology, energy,...

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