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SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
INTRODUCTION
DATA AND ASSURANCE
GROWING SHARED VALUE (CONTINUED)
Access to quality education (continued)
WHAT WE ARE DOING (CONTINUED)
STEM in schools
SOUTH AFRICA
NORTH AMERICA
In 2021/2022 schooling continued to suffer the effects of the pandemic with scaled-down in-school activities. To support schools,
the Foundation’s interventions in STEM focused on helping schools with the curriculum recovery programmes implemented mainly through
the resource centres Osizweni and Boitjhorisong and other education implementing partners nationally.
STEM-focused learning
Teacher support
Learner support
• We contributed to the development of the
teacher orientation manual and supported
the training of the 200 subject advisors in
the national task team of the Department
of Basic Education.
• The Sasol learner support projects offer extra tuition
to more than 6 936 learners in Metsimaholo Local
Municipality in the afternoons, on weekends and via
holiday camps and classroom interventions.
• To improve technical skills for coding and
robotics curriculum, 30 teachers in our
TechSeNet programme were trained in
boilermaking, fitting and turning, electrical
work and welding.
• In Sasolburg, we supported 71 teachers through
the Boitjhorisong Resource Centre and the
Jumpstart Programme to enhance Mathematics
teaching skills in primary schools.
Promotion of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution (4IR) in schools
• We support supporting the introduction of the
4IR skills in basic education by contributing
to development of the coding and robotics
curriculum which will be implemented in all
public schools in South Africa. In the 2021
academic year it was piloted in 200 primary
schools in Grade R to Grade 3 and Grade 7.
200 teachers and subject advisors
from 9 provinces trained on
4th Industrial Revolution
• Our mobile laboratories continue to reach the most
remote schools and provide learners with access
to science experiments that they would otherwise
not have access to because of a lack of resources
at their schools.
• In support of the Department of Mineral Resources
and Energy’s Sasol hosted over 300 learners
from 38 schools across the Sekhukhune District
Municipality in Glen Cowie, Limpopo. The students
benefited from the Sasol mobile laboratories
education and received career guidance booklets.
Technical education in schools
• Over the years, the Sasol Foundation has played
a pivotal role in embedding technical subjects,
building teacher capacity and providing the
resources required for technical education to
succeed in the South African schooling system.
The Sasol Foundation supports five technical high
schools across the country and has contributed
to the increase in performance and the number
of learners enrolled for technical subjects in these
schools. Over 6 000 learners are benefiting from
this intervention and 40 teachers receive support
and training.
200 Primary Schools in Grade R,
3 and 7 supported with coding
and robotics
• We forged a partnership with Kagiso Trust to
transform seven ordinary schools to technical
schools of excellence. The partner schools will
be from three provinces KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo
and Mpumalanga. This year, the project benefits
over 1 000 learners and 35 teachers of technical
subjects.
• We refurbished four technical workshops and
provided state-of-the-art equipment and tools
to Zinikeleni Secondary School in partnership
with Adopt A School Foundation. The school
attained a 100% pass rate in technical subjects
and introduced a fourth specialisation at the
beginning of 2022.
• We supported School Skills Competition which
involved 3 274 learners. Learners competed in
Automotive, Construction, Electronics,
Plumbing, Power Systems, Welding and
Woodwork. The competition prepares a pipeline
of learners who will represent South Africa
in the World Skills Championship when they
come of age (19-23 years old).
• 13 teachers completed theoretical component
for trade test readiness, pending meeting the
work integrated learning requirement.
• 600 Grade 8 and 9 learners received online
extra tuition in mathematics and science during
the COVID-19 lockdown.
3 274 learners trained to compete
for World Skills Championship
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• Sasol has made significant investments in
sponsoring girls’ STEM education and providing
resources and scholarships to women interested in
technical and science education. Sasol plans to work
with education and community groups to target
female students for programmes to foster an interest
in STEM fields and promote mentorship between
female employees and young women and girls.
• In 2022, Sasol supported two events designed
specifically to engage middle school females and
educate them on career opportunities in STEM
fields. Sasol partnered with Junior Achievement
in organising an “All Girls Engineering Day” where
120 eighth grade female students met with Sasol
female engineers to understand more about careers
in engineering. Sasol also provided volunteers and
speakers to host fifth grade female students at
Combre-Fondel Elementary for an all-girls STEM
showcase.
• In 2021, Combre-Fondel announced the opening
of the Combre-Fondel Northside STEM Academy.
The Academy serves students entering grades
kindergarten through fifth and provides them with
transformative learning experiences.
• Through Sasol’s financial support of the Project
Lead the Way (PLTW) curriculum that is used in the
STEM Academy, Combre-Fondel had 120 students
successfully test into the Academy and complete all
requirements for the PLTW curriculum. Additionally,
Combre-Fondel’s robotics team successfully
competed in its first national championship in
May 2022.
120 learners successfully
completed robotics test to compete in national
championships in North America