Tracking of Youth into Science Strategy & Science Engagement MEF

STATUS: Current
PROJECT LEADER:Van der Bergh, GM (Mr Gray), Reddy, V (Dr Vijay)
OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: Masser, SEF (Ms Erika)
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
RESEARCH OUTPUTS: The Department of Science and Innovation's National Youth Service Programme: workplace experience for unemployed science graduates: 2020 technical report, Science engagement projects: Talent Development Programme Report on the 2020 Cohort, Science engagement projects: talent development programme: post-school destinations of the 2017 and 2018 cohorts, Science engagement strategy and youth into science strategy: talent development programme participants 2017-2019, Science and the publics: mapping public relationship with science surveys, The Department of Science and Innovations National Youth Service Programme: workplace experience for unemployed science graduates: 2019 technical report, Science engagement framework and youth into science strategy: science centre capacity building project evaluation 2016, Mapping the landscape of extra-curricular STEM activities for young children in South Africa, Mapping the landscape of STEMI olympiads and competitions in South Africa, Science engagement framework and youth into science strategy: science awareness spaces in South Africa, Beyond benchmarks: what twenty years of TIMSS data tell us about South African education, Highlights of the Youth into Science and Science Engagement programmes 2015, Science engagement framework and youth into science strategy: science centre capacity building project evaluation, Highlights of youth into science strategy, Attitudes to science: part of the puzzle to improve educational achievement?

Abstract

Tracking of participants in the DST's Youth into Science Strategy (YISS) programmes and to map their educational and employment trajectories. Assess the outcomes of YISS interventions in improving knowledge, attitudes and career choices towards SET, and assisting unemployed graduates to acquire skills, capabilities and opportunities to enter the labour market and proceed with further studies.