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South Africa: Learners Encouraged to Take Careers in Science
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BuaNews (Tshwane)
8 May 2008
Posted to the web 8 May 2008
Kagiso Metswamere
Potchefstroom
Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena has encouraged young learners to take advantage of programmes offered during the Science Week to plan their careers.
The minister was speaking on Thursday at the North West University, Potchefstroom campus during the official opening of National Science Week (NSW).
"I urge the learners among us here today to take advantage of the programmes we are putting in place to plan their career directions," the minister said.
He encouraged learners to make use of information brochures at science centres countrywide.
"During your visits to one of these [centres], please collect and make use of the documents containing information on the many science-based careers.
"If you need further assistance, do not hesitate to consult with your teachers and parents," the minister said.
Mr Mangena highlighted that the previous years of the NSW have been a great success.
"The last three years of the implementation of the NSW have been accompanied by a number of visible successes.
"Among them is the tremendous growth in partnerships we formed in the delivery of the event.
"We have among us here, two representatives of the Embassy of France in South Africa, Vincent Baron, Attaché for Science and Technology, and Professor Samuel Elmaleh, Counselor for Science, Culture and Development."
Through this co-operation with the Government of France, some South Africans would have the opportunity to view and interact with a nanotechnology exhibition brought by the French to the country, he said.
Marumo Nkomo, 18, from Khuma in the Matlosana Local Municipality is one of the matriculates who attended the launch.
He told BuaNews on Thursday that attending the launch has encouraged him to think a lot about the career that he wants to take after completing his matric.
"I did not know what to do after completing my matric this year. I will consider taking mechanical engineering.
"I will make sure that I study hard to get good results so that it becomes easy for me to get a bursary," Mr Nkomo said.
Pusetso Skika, 18, from Matlosana, also one of the matriculates who attended the launch told BuaNews that taking a career in science is his intentions for next year.
"I am very much exited because we get to know more about the careers that we want to take next year.
"I am intending to study electrical engineering next year but I did not have much information about this career previously but now I do," Mr Skika said.
He further said science week will help him meet the people who are already in the industry to tell him more about the advantages of a career in engineering.
"I will actively participate in this year's science week. My intention is to meet the experts or people who are already working in the industry to tell me about what they do," he said.
The NSW is an annual countrywide event led by the Department of Science and Technology and supported by the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA).
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It is aimed at highlighting the important role science plays in everyday life and attracting the country's youth to enter and remain in science related studies and careers.
This year's theme is: "Tomorrow's science and technology is in our youth's hands".
The annual week-long event ends on 17 May 2008.
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