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Early childhood
education
SOUTH AFRICA
We support over 180 Early
Childhood Development (ECD)
centres in communities where we
operate. Our interventions seek to
improve the quality of programmes
that are implemented to prepare
children from 0 – 6 years for school
readiness.
Over 300 practitioners were
trained and supported onsite at the
centres.
180 centre managers were trained to
build management experience and were also
supported with compliance and centre
registration processes to enable access to
financial support from government.
All centres received indoor and outdoor
learning resources for children across the
different age groups to ensure that they are
sufficiently stimulated and all faculties are
appropriately developed.
Approximately 5 500 children at the
centres that we support had access to at
least one nutritious meal a day.
Over 2 000 children benefitted from
the toy libraries at centres in Secunda and
Ekandustria.
To mitigate food scarcity we established
food gardens which allow centres to share
produce with children’s families.
This programme has impacted over
9 700 children across five provinces.
Schooling education
Learner support
SOUTH AFRICA
Learner
Our interventions aim to enhance STEM education outcomes through teacher support,
learner support, adequate learning resources, career guidance and infrastructure
improvement programmes.
Our learner support projects at Metsimaholo Local Municipality's schools in Sasolburg
contributed to a 91,3% matric pass rate.
Indicative of the impact of our efforts, the Fezile Dabi District in Sasolburg area was
ranked in the top four education districts nationally with regards to matric pass rate.
In Secunda performance of learners in the Sasol/Osizweni focused subjects (Accounting/
Life Sciences/Mathematics and Physical Sciences) improved on average by 4,5% from
67,6% in 2018 to 72,1% in 2019.
Teacher support
In the ever-changing STEM learning
environment it is essential that teachers
improve their curriculum knowledge and
delivery methods.
40 teachers attended workshops to enhance
their Mathematics and Science teaching skills
through our Primary Science project in
Ekandustria.
Through our interventions and with objective
of improving the teaching of STEM subjects,
162 teachers in Sasolburg were supported
through the ‘Jumpstart’ programme and
Boitjhorisong Resource Centre.
Our teacher interventions reached
46 teachers in the tertiary support
project in Secunda.
Promotion of STEM careers
In August 2019, we hosted our
annual science exhibition Sasol
TechnoX.
The exhibition offers teachers and
learners science workshops, tours,
experiments, talks and
competitions aimed at enthusing
learners, students and the general
public about the endless
possibilities of Science and
Technology. The week-long event
ensured more than 900 local jobs
were created for the unemployed
youth and local SMME from
Secunda area.
More than 26 000 learners
attended this STEM career expo
in Secunda.
support is a critical
element in increasing
participation in STEM education.
Sasol learner support projects
offer extra tuition to more than
4 732 learners in
Metsimaholo Local Municipality.
These are delivered in the
afternoons, during weekends and
school holidays, through
classroom and holiday camps
support.
Our mobile science laboratories
offer learners access to Science
experiments that they would not
cover because of lack of
resources. These experiments
were conducted during Science
Week in August 2019.
More than 2
benefitted.
483 learners
We
promote and reward
academic excellence in schools
based in our operational areas. In
Mpumalanga and Gauteng, in
partnership with the provincial
department of education we
awarded ‘Certificate of
Recognition’ to learners for
outstanding academic
performance in Grade 12 for 2019
academic year. 111 learners from
Secunda and 547 from Badplass
and Bronkhorstspruit respectively
were duly recognised.
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