Focusing on STEM Education at Phembindlela Primary School With the Fourth Industrial Revolution on its way, preparing South Africa’s children is a necessity. With our mission ‘to create an environment where quality education and healthcare is available to everyone’, this means that children from poor or disadvantaged communities shouldn’t be excluded from STEM (Science, Technology, […]
What is STEM Education? STEM Education is a term to encompass ‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths’. Although these subjects are supposed to be taught in schools, what is the significance of teaching specifically STEM? Education in the STEM subjects lays the foundation for children in critical thinking, and to be literate in the language of […]
Mandela Day Initiative 2019 SAME Foundation saw the lives of more than 2500 school children changed at the Blair Atholl Primary Farm School in Lanseria and the Zimasa Community School in Langa, Cape Town on Mandela Day through their Mandela Day Fun-Day. SAME Foundation Mandela Day Activities These Mandela Day initiatives were hosted by the […]
SAME Foundation Brings STEM Education Opportunities To Limpopo What We Found Currently, the area of Vuwani, in Limpopo, receives sub-par learning in the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). The lack of resources and poor infrastructure account for this continuing problem. SAME Foundation wants to break this cycle by exposing teachers and students […]
Diepdale Secondary school in Diepkloof, Soweto, is the recipient of a state-of-the-art science laboratory established through a strategic collaboration between the SAME Foundation, Fluor and the SABC Foundation. The laboratory was officially opened on Wednesday 26 July by the Department of Basic Education National and Provincial Spokesperson Mr. Elijah Mhlanga. Not only has the science […]