Opening of seven new science teaching and learning centres at Western Cape primary and high schools
/ 1 September 2025

Opening of seven new science teaching and learning centres at Western Cape primary and high schools

The partnership between the Garden Cities Archway Foundation, the Western Cape Education Department, and the Advancing Knowledge Non-Profit Company (AK NPC) has continued its mission to improve the infrastructure in which STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects are taught. This initiative has been realized through the construction of modern science laboratories, known as Science […]

Advancing inquiry-based teaching of physics and astronomy in the Overberg education district
/ 13 August 2025

Advancing inquiry-based teaching of physics and astronomy in the Overberg education district

Advancing Knowledge NPC’s professional development sessions for natural sciences teachers concluded their 2025 delivery in the Overberg Education District of the Western Cape Education Department. A total of 25 Intersen (grades 4-7) teachers braved the bad weather on the weekend of August 1, 2025, to attend the SACE-endorsed course, Inquiry-Based Science Education. The course, which […]

AK NPC and SADTU joint training programme for science club practitioners at Cape winelands and Overberg schools
/ 20 May 2025

AK NPC and SADTU joint training programme for science club practitioners at Cape winelands and Overberg schools

In the first school term of 2025, the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) held meetings with AK NPC to discuss the advancement of science and science education in schools and how these two organisations could collectively assist schools to provide learners greater exposure to science and technology. After deliberations between members of AK NPC […]