QUALITY EDUCATION
What’s the goal?
To ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.
Targets include universal access to free, quality preprimary, primary and secondary education, improving vocational skills, equal access to education, expanding educational facilities, scholarships, and teacher training.
Why?
617 million youth worldwide lack basic mathematics and literacy skills. This restricts their opportunities for careers that will uplift them in adulthood.
Our contribution
Skills in mathematics and science have a significant role to play in South Africa’s sustainable growth. Through The Maths Centre project for mathematics, science and technology AECI’s SED programmes play a role in encouraging young learners to pursue careers in these fields of study. At the same time, the projects address the knowledge gap that exists in these key focus areas. Increasingly, attention is being focused on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is driven by the coming together of physical and digital technologies. Learners are taught to embrace change, become more collaborative and to think critically while remaining creative. This worthy project enhances awareness of career opportunities, enriches minds, develops confidence and increases knowledge.
The LEAP maths and science programme gives students the support they need to be accepted into their desired eld of tertiary education. Such initiatives have resulted in more university enrolments from disadvantaged communities in the Group’s areas of operation. In 2018 the project achieved its highest level of quality matric passes, allowing 96% of passing students to access tertiary studies.
To date, 5 598 learners and teachers have benefitted. An additional 138 unemployed youth participated in an access programme so as to ultimately enrol in a tertiary engineering programme.
Our contribution
Skills in mathematics and science have a significant role to play in South Africa’s sustainable growth. Through The Maths Centre project for mathematics, science and technology AECI’s SED programmes play a role in encouraging young learners to pursue careers in these fields of study. At the same time, the projects address the knowledge gap that exists in these key focus areas. Increasingly, attention is being focused on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is driven by the coming together of physical and digital technologies. Learners are taught to embrace change, become more collaborative and to think critically while remaining creative. This worthy project enhances awareness of career opportunities, enriches minds, develops confidence and increases knowledge.
The LEAP maths and science programme gives students the support they need to be accepted into their desired eld of tertiary education. Such initiatives have resulted in more university enrolments from disadvantaged communities in the Group’s areas of operation. In 2018 the project achieved its highest level of quality matric passes, allowing 96% of passing students to access tertiary studies.
To date, 5 598 learners and teachers have benefitted. An additional 138 unemployed youth participated in an access programme so as to ultimately enrol in a tertiary engineering programme.
“LEAP has given me a voice and I can now celebrate passing Matric with a Bachelors pass and four distinctions.”
– Sesethu Ntombini