New Science Teaching and Learning Centres open doors at Western Cape schools

New Science Teaching and Learning Centres opened at several Western Cape schools to make science education a more hands-on experience for learners.

The centres were made possible through a partnership between Advancing Knowledge Non-Profit Company (AK NPC), the Archway Foundation and the Western Cape Education Department.

AK NPC is an outreach, support, training and research organisation for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) STEM Education.

Prof Shaheed Hartley, Head of AK NPC, said the construction of STEM TLCs at schools in disadvantaged communities provides the teachers and learners with a creative space in which the teaching and learning of science and mathematics…

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