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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

Three new Science Teaching & Learning Centres open to support STEM education at Cape Town schools

More than 100 TLCs have been constructed at Western Cape schools since 2011

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

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