The STEM-promoting partnership between AK NPC and the Garden Cities Archway Foundation delivered yet another successful event. On Tuesday, 30 September 2025, the annual Science Club Competition brought together schools from the Cape Winelands and Overberg Education Districts in Worcester, with a total of 21 schools represented by their science clubs. This year marked the […]
Advancing Knowledge Non-Profit Company (AK NPC) expanded its training of natural sciences teachers to the Overberg Education District. On Friday 14 February 2025 (valentine’s day no less) 18 intersen phase (grades 4-7) natural sciences teachers attended the training session at Fisherhaven Academy Secondary School in Fisherhaven , Hermanus. This session was followed by training of […]
Advancing Knowledge NPC (AK NPC) has delivered a number of award-winning projects, programmes and SACE endorsed short courses in STEM education
To date 12 brand new Science Teaching and Learning Centres have been built at five primary and seven secondary West Coast schools
‘These are things we can directly use in our science lessons, which makes me excited to plan my lessons for the learners’
They learned how to perform simple experiments that can easily be transferred to their daily natural science classes
The first step is walking teachers through the inquiry-based approach to teaching science and improving their pedagogic skills and content knowledge
The WCED School of Choice Project in this instance provided the lion’s share of the funding
Reinvigorating hands-on practical and experimental work by making use of elementary everyday products to teach chemistry, physics, life sciences and astronomy
An interesting, exciting, engaging and rewarding experience to attend
Smoke, flames, explosions and breathtaking experiments at Science Club Competition in Cape Winelands, Western Cape
Science Teaching and Learning Centres Programme at Cape schools reaches its 100th milestone
The project allows girl learners to interact with successful role models who utilise maths in their careers