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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on South Africa’s education system, which is evident from a 5.1% drop in the matric pass rates of 2020 compared to 2019. The pandemic has required schools to re-evaluate how they can best deliver the education syllabus to learners, the internet has aided greatly in this regard with schools being able to offer lessons via Zoom. However not all schools and learners

are fortunate enough to have internet access which has created an inequality gap.

In order to bridge this inequality gap, the Department of Education in KwaZulu-Natal has partnered with the KwaZulu-Natal Museum to help schools that have been affected by the pandemic. The idea is to create visual teaching aids for Life Science that complement the CAPS syllabus, in order for the learners to grasp the concepts easily. The KZN Museum’s Education Department took up the challenge and developed 120 teaching aids, which cover a total of 8 sections, ranging from grades 10 to 12.

These learning aids will be donated to 28 local schools, with each school receiving a single pack comprising of topics covered in the Life Sciences syllabus such as RNA, Viruses, Bacteria and Mitosis to name a few. The aids are not only meant to stimulate the learners visually but are designed to be interactive, allowing both students and teachers to actively construct a cell or build an RNA strand, which will hopefully result in better memory retention.

#kznmuseum #education #DoE #outreach #lifescience

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We’re kicking off Human Rights month with a bang!

Today marks the 8th annual celebration of Zero Discrimination day. This is an initiative by the UNAIDS organisation, created to combat discrimination against individuals in the world. Zero Discrimination Day celebrates the right for everyone to live a full and productive life and to live with dignity. This year’s theme is all about taking action to end all shapes and forms of inequality, from disability, income, sex, age, race, gender identity, religion, health status and ethnicity.

To learn more about this initiative click the link below

https://spark.adobe.com/page/XBcrhKn6snyky/

#kznmuseum #unaids #zerodiscriminationday #humanrightsmonth #humanrights

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On Friday 12th of February 2021, the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in conjunction with a local group called, Blue Birds, organised a canoeing coaching clinic for previously disadvantaged children in the Cato Ridge area. The aim of the coaching clinic was to raise awareness of canoeing as a sport and to help aspiring canoeists get skilled and gain knowledge on canoeing.

The coaching clinic was facilitated by none other than, Thulani Mbanjwa, who is a former winner of the Dusi Canoe Marathon and the head of the Lembethe Canoe Club, along with Khumbulani Nzimande, who won the last edition of the Dusi Canoe Marathon. The pair had some very inspiring words to share with the participants, who were excited to have them in their own backyard.

The coaching clinic was proceeded by a race across the Nagle Dam, with members of the Lembethe Canoe Club competing against each other. The whole event was concluded with an award ceremony, where participants were handed certificates for taking part in the event.

#kznmuseum #outreach #dusi #canoe #education

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Today we highlight Chiara Singh, an archaeology intern at the KZN Museum’s Human Sciences department. Chiara is part of the 30 interns employed at the museum under the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP). The program has been running for the past two months and has seen a host of talented young individuals such as Chiara, take part in the program.

Chiara Singh recently graduated from the University of Pretoria and holds a Masters Degree specializing in archaeology. Chiara is passionate about heritage management and conservation. She says being at the museum has been a thrill and has enjoyed working with and learning from, colleagues who possess a wealth of knowledge and experience.

Over the past two months, Chiara has been hard at work examining and cataloguing decade’s old film to be converted onto digital platforms. Currently, Chiara is assisting Dr. Justine Wintjes (KZN Museum) on the Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) project developed by Carolyn Hamilton (University of Cape Town). Dr. Wintjes and Chiara have to digitize the earliest 100 artefacts recorded, that relate to KwaZulu-Natal and its surrounding region. Once digitized the artefacts will be sent to www.fhya.org and form part of its database for future generations to use and enjoy.

Pretty exciting stuff! We wish Chiara all the best.

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