National Science Week

TUTmedunsa

Mothina Esther, from Micha Kgasi Secondary school, Nqobile Mokoa from Reitumetse high school and Amogelang Matjeke from Ntolo Mapula Motsepe high school

With their teachers

Lerato Motholo

As part of National science week, Medunsa (University of Limpopo) hosted a group of high school learners. They had career guidance in the school of Pathology & Pre-clinical Sciences.

Medunsa chose to get involved with National science week because they have a mobile science lab that goes around schools in Pretoria and as far as Limpopo and Mpumalanga giving career guidance to less fortunate communities. 

Also to educate them about the health and science faculty in Medunsa, since a lot of people think that Medunsa only offers courses in medicine only.

Marcus Motshwane Lecturer in statistics said emphasised the importance of the career guidance, when he said that it opens their minds and visions them about science when he said that the learner’s n Medunsa became the stakeholders of National science week 2007 to date.

 The organiser of the event Florence Seseng said that they promoting science week as an exposure of resources to rural areas.

The event included motivational talks and presentations and a prize giving ceremony, were learners were asked questions about what was presented to them about the different courses.

The prize giving ceremony awarded learners the opportunities to presents their schools. Mothina Esther, who won the first prize in the maths part, said that she was glad about that Medunsa offered them the opportunity to come and learn about science and she was happy to have won the prize. Eight schools were involved in the career guidance which started on August 1 2011, and will end on