Title :
SA children take a SUN-STEP to engineering
Author :
Myburgh, M. ; Schoonwinkel, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The MTN-SUNSTEP programme reaches out to disadvantaged children and increases their science, electronics and technology awareness. It also reinforces the fact that electronics offer career opportunities and that mathematics and science are crucial high school subjects
Keywords :
educational courses; engineering education; project engineering; MTN-SUNSTEP programme; career opportunities; disadvantaged children; electronics awareness; high school subjects; mathematics education; science education; science, electronics and technology awareness; technology awareness; Africa; Buildings; Education; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Feedback; International collaboration; Mathematics; Network servers; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Africon, 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5546-6
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.1999.821953
