IT IS well known that quality science education as a school subject helps grow a country’s economy.
Recently at the handover ceremony of two new state-of-the-art science laboratories at Cosmo Secondary School, SunEducation spoke to science teacher Mangaliso Xaba about the labs.
Mangaliso said: “We are happy. We hope this will help improve our previous results of 53%.
“The labs will help us do our practical experiments.
Principal Matsebatlela Wilhemina said: “This initiative will surely make life easier for both teachers and pupils.
Nkuna Melanie, a grade 11 pupil, said: “ I’m a science student but it has never been as interesting as it was today.”
The school has 118 grade pupils, 77 grade 11 pupils and 64 grade 12 pupils studying physical science, showing that the school faced a major problem .
That’s why the South African Medical and Education (SAME) Foundation and its donors decided to intervene.
SAME used donations from Nedbank, Sage, Allianz and Net1 to upgrade science classes at Cosmo Secondary School.
Dianne Pols, executive director of the foundation said: “Our intention is to give teachers and pupils access to vital learning resources, creating a world-class learning environment.
“The two fully equipped and revitalised science laboratories – one for physical science and the other for life science – are state-of-the-art and equipped with interactive whiteboard learning technology and curriculum aligned software.”
Teachers have gone through training on the laboratory systems to ensure that the theory and practise of science be handled safely with gloves, coats, goggles and more.
The Foundation not only equipped the science classrooms, but also installed a storeroom and have filled it with science experiment equipment and chemicals to make sure that pupils have the right resources for their practical science experiments.
