With the club’s pilot phase that offers short programmes for teachers in coding and robotics, including eight schools from areas such as Belhar, Mitchell’s Plain, Delft and Khayelitsha are involved in the pilot phase.
Furthermore, he explained that the SLCA strives to popularise science by exposing teachers and learners to innovative thinking by commenting: “For example, it provides local schools with an origami-based microscope, the so-called Foldscope microscope, costing only $1, or R17, which teachers can use to do microscopic experiments.”
In a recording, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Vivienne Lawack said that UWC is committed to inspiring a new generation of scientists, engineers and ICT specialists. She put emphasis on the fact that the launch coincided with Women’s Day, on 9 August, and urged girls to consider science as a career.of South African graduates with qualifications in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, are women.