WESSA Annual Review 2020

At the same time, all five of the WESSA Education Centre’s were registered as Science Centres, under the Department of Science and Innovation’s (DSI) SAASTA Platform. The South Africa Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) is abusiness unit of theNational ResearchFoundation (NRF) with the mandate to advance public awareness, appreciation and engagement of science, engineering, innovation and technology in South Africa. This strategic decision was made to align our programme offerings to the needs of government to develop and deliver top-class STEM and STEAM Education Programmes that are preparing our youth for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. With a renewed focus of the DSI in climate change mitigation, biodiversity loss mitigation, water resource management, and investing in the Biodiversity Economy, WESSA Education Centres are nowwell positioned to play a key role in delivering education and awareness programmes to schools across the country, and preparing South African youth for successful futures in these industries.

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