Tellumat grows Khanyagula science project
28 November 2007
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Tellumat has joined forces with the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the UWC's (University of the Western Cape) School of Science and Mathematics Education, to expand the Khanyagula EXPO science skills programme.
The Khanyagula programme (KHAyelitsha, NYAnga, GUguletu and LAnga) encourages high school learners and teachers from disadvantaged schools on the Cape Flats to develop projects for the Khanyagula Science Expo, in so doing developing scientific skills. The programme has attracted participation from traditionally science-shy Cape Flats schools since its inception.
In the course of 10 years, Tellumat has partnered with Telkom, the Shuttleworth Foundation and the MRC to co-fund the project, says Tellumat CEO Rasheed Hargey. During that period, the number of learners, projects and participating schools has steadily increased, with the number of schools and projects showing a marked increase this year.
Tellumat's R124 200 sponsorship this year funds: equipment for projects; assistance with research; transport to various research locations and the Khanyagula Expo; prizes, food and event organising for the Expo; registration for and costs associated with regional finals; upgrading of the project after the Expo; and registration for the national expo, air tickets and accommodation in Pretoria (including two educators). Whatever remains is spent on participating schools for upgrading and improving their laboratory needs.
"Tellumat acknowledges its role in helping to build capacity for future scientific research," says Hargey. "Teachers and learners generally experience great difficulty designing and carrying out authentic science investigations - a key requirement of the new outcomes-based science curriculum. It is our privilege to fund such an outstanding programme, to help build national skills and reinvest in research and development."
The benefit for Tellumat is that it stands to gain critical skills for its own business. Like other companies throughout SA and the world, it finds science and technology skills hard to come by, and thus makes a much-needed corporate contribution to the national development of such skills, in partnership with government and non-governmental organisations.
For more information contact Rasheed Hargey, Tellumat, +27 (0)21 710 2911, rhargey@tellumat.com
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