The overall goal of the Astron Energy South Africa Education Development Project is to support improvements in teaching and learning in Mathematics, Science and English as the Language of Learning and Teaching (LOLT), focusing on areas in the fence line communities of Astron Energy’s Lubricants Manufacturing Plant (LMP) in the South Durban Basin.
Project goals
The Lubricants and Manufacturing Plant (LMP) of Astron Energy South Africa, which is based on the South Basin of Durban, seeks to build a direct relationship with the communities of the Bluff, Wentworth, Merebank, Isipingo, Montclair, Glenwood, Umlazi, Lamontville and Chesterville. It is critical for Astron Energy to invest in the communities from which it draws its workforce to complement massive investments in resources and other areas of the economy. The Astron Energy–CASME project is aimed at addressing numerous
educational challenges/issues in these communities.
Inspiration the project brought has to the beneficiaries
Astron Energy project has been successfull within all elements it incorporates. There is nothing as great as the ability to change or elevate the teaching and learning in schools especially if it is a disadvantaged school, because they get to practically explore the imaginable aspects they learn theoretically. The ability to bring teachers together in sharing different methods and techniques to tackle different concepts of the curriculum gives a greater range in the delivering of knowledge to the learners. An important component of the project is to be able to engage in the governmental introduction/piloting of coding and robotics. Overall the project has been well received by the stakeholders.