The North-West University is on a drive to get children from the province’s rural communities to take up careers in mathematics, science and technology.
The institution held the first of its Vice Chancellor’s Science Day on Monday 31 July 2023, at Mabeskraal outside Rustenburg, North West.
The Vice Chancellor Professor, Bismark Tyobeka, said the initiative is meant to reach as many young people as possible.
“We had to find a central location in Moses Kotane Local Municipality and we identified Mabiskraal Village, based on the infrastructure and so on. To reach out to those very, you know poorly resourced communities, as far as the areas are concerned.
“We want to ensure that we bring awareness, we conscientise students from disadvantaged backgrounds, about the importance of science and technology, engineering and Mathematics. And secondly about the opportunities that exists for them to pursue in this field, because even though we’re in the era of internet and WiFi, these things are not exactly available to the kids in this part of the country and therefore the idea is to bring the University to the people and how best can you do that by choosing the Science week, so that is why we’re here, said Tyobeka.
