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Smoke, Flames, Explosions, and challenging experiments as rural primary and secondary learners represent their science clubs at the annual advancing knowledge NPC science club competition

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…

Advancing Knowledge NPC preparing STEM Education for the 4th Industrial Revolution

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…

Advancing knowledge NPC preparing STEM education for the 4th industrial revolution

Advancing Knowledge NPC (AK NPC) has delivered a number of award-winning projects, programmes and SACE endorsed short courses in STEM education

AK NPC: Training science club practitioners at West Coast schools

To date 12 brand new Science Teaching and Learning Centres have been built at five primary and seven secondary West Coast schools

Advancing Inquiry-Based Natural Sciences in the Amathole East Education District of the Eastern Cape

‘These are things we can directly use in our science lessons, which makes me excited to plan my lessons for the learners’

Hands-on inquiry-based training offered to grades 8 and 9 natural sciences teachers 

They learned how to perform simple experiments that can easily be transferred to their daily natural science classes

Advancing Knowledge NPC’s inquiry-based science education training for InterSen (grades 4-7) Natural Science teachers

The first step is walking teachers through the inquiry-based approach to teaching science and improving their pedagogic skills and content knowledge

Delft Technical High School’s newly constructed Science Teaching and Learning Centre.

Opening of new Science Teaching and Learning Centre at Delft Technical High School in the Western Cape

The WCED School of Choice Project in this instance provided the lion’s share of the funding

Keenan Rasmus, Gillian O’Reilly, Pieter Kirsten (Science Subject Advisors), Professor Shaheed Hartley (Head: AK NPC), Rousseau Mercuur (ECKED Curriculum Head), Dr Gillian Arendse (iThemba Labs).

Science empowerment in Eden and Central Karoo Education District of the Western Cape

Reinvigorating hands-on practical and experimental work by making use of elementary everyday products to teach chemistry, physics, life sciences and astronomy

Inquiry-based science education training for natural sciences teachers in Oudtshoorn

An interesting, exciting, engaging and rewarding experience to attend

Langeberg High School Science Club, winners of the High School Section.

Advancing Knowledge NPC preparing STEM Education for the 4th Industrial Revolution

Smoke, flames, explosions and breathtaking experiments at Science Club Competition in Cape Winelands, Western Cape

The opening of Science TLC at Trafalgar Secondary: Salwa Southgate (principal), John Matthews (CEO Garden Cities), Professor Shaheed Hartley (Director AK NPC), Siraj Desai (Retired High Court Judge), Igshaan Higgins (Cape Heritage Curator).

Advancing Knowledge NPC preparing STEM Education for the fourth industrial revolution

Science Teaching and Learning Centres Programme at Cape schools reaches its 100th milestone

Advancing Knowledge NPC’S Mini-Conventions: Celebrating Women in Mathematics

The project allows girl learners to interact with successful role models who utilise maths in their careers