UNESCO 6TH AFRICA ENGINEERING WEEK AND 4TH AFRICA ENGINEERING CONFERENCE

15th – 21st September, 2019

Development Through Entrepreneur Driven STEM

Education

PRESENTER : Dunstan Chola

DATE : 18th September, 2019

Avani Victoria Falls Resort, Livingstone, Zambia

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

1. INTRODUCTION,

2. STATUS QUO AND PERCIEVED FUTURE REALITIES

3. SOLUTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

4. CONCLUSIONS

5. RECOMMENDATIONS

6. REFERENCES

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INTRODUCTION
• STEM is short for Science, Mathematics, TECHNLOGY and ENGINEERING
• Fourth Industrial Revolution is making almost every one a custodian of
technology.
• We cannot ignore the education needs of the 4th Industrial Revolution
• 65% of Children entering school today will work in jobs that do not exist
• Required skills for the future have been identified
• STEM education can deliver on these skills (with arts and humanities)
• All careers will be affected and need to get the right training starting now
• Target is the age group between 4 and 16yrs (Lots of opportunity for and
entrepreneur)

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STATUS QUO AND FUTURE PERCEIVED REALITIES
• Government schools are struggling to deliver STEM education
• Low quantity of STEM teachers
• Only Science and Maths is being taught in most cases
• Low average scores
• Failure to grasp concepts

• New STEM (synthetic biology, Artificial Intelligence, virtual reality,

programming, etc) is the future
• Project based learning being recognized
• Almost every career will require basic grounding in STEM

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SOLUTIONS AND OPPORTUTIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
• PRIVATE STEM SCHOOLS
• Value propositioning will allow operator to attract high value clients
• Opportunity to teach all STEM subjects
• Freedom to introduce new STEM subjects
• Focus on attracting and retaining high quality STEM teachers (MSc, PhD).

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SOLUTIONS AND OPPORTUTIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
• PROJECT BASED LEARNING/STEM ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS
• Practical & Playful Learning is an enduring experience
• Opportunity to carter for those not naturally predisposed to STEM learning
• Practical Project for every subject
• Extend playful and practical learning from nursery to primary and secondary school
• Design such programs or buy existing Franchises

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NEW STEM IS NOT NEW
• FAILED IMPLEMENTATION OF FULL STEM
• Robotics = Engineering
• Programming = Engineering
• Virtual Reality = Technology
• Synthetic Biology = Technology
• Construction Projects = Engineering and Technology
• ETC

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AVAILABLE STEM ENHANCEMENT FRANCHISES
• YOUNG ENGINEERS FRANCHISE
• STEM FOR KIDS FRANCHISE
• KUMON FRANCHISE
• SYLVAN LEARNING CENTERS FRANCHISE
• MATHNASIUM FRANCHISE
• ETC

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PROGRAMS OFFERED UNDER THE YE FRANCHISE
• BIG BUILDERS (Nature, Scientific concepts, independent thinking, self
reliance, problem solving, teamwork and group play)….4 – 6yrs
• BRICKS CHALLENGE (Motor Skills, Planning and time management,
Interpersonal skills, laws of physics)…6 – 9yrs
• GALILEO TECHNIC (Creative thinking, Problem solving, laws of physics,
Teamwork…9 – 12yrs
• ROBOBRIX (Robotics and computer science, problem solving, creative
thinking, self reliance and self confidence)…7 – 11yrs
• ROBOTICS (Coding skills, Advanced algorithmic thinking, Engineering
perspective, teamwork)…12 – 16yrs
• ALGOPLAY (Algorithms, Functions and parameters, conditions and loops,
debugging) …6 – 10yrs

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A LOOK AT PROGRAMS OFFERED BY
YOUNG ENGINEERS FRANCHISE

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CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATION
• There are gaps in current delivery of STEM education
• STEM education is crucial to future skill requirements
• Opportunities exist for Entrepreneurs to exploit this gap
• Private STEM schools
• STEM enhancement study programs (own design or Franchise)
• Government needs to create enabling environment for entrepreneurs to
participate fully in STEM education

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REFERENCES
• Klauss Shwab, “The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means, how to repond”
• Min Xu, Jean M David and Suk Hi Kim, “Fourth Industrial Revolution: Opportunities
and Challenges”
• ZEEP (2018), Diagonosis Report:ZEEP Baseline Survey
• World Economic Forum: The Future of Jobs Report(2016)
• Bo Xing and Tshilidzi Marwala, “Implications of Fourth Industrial Revolution on
Education”
• Granham Brown-Marlin (2017) “Education and the Forth Industrial Revolution”
• Mitchel Resnick (2013), “Edutainment ? No Thanks. I prefer playful Learning”
• UNECA (2013): “Misalignment of education curriculum with the needs of the labour
market”
• WIM Naude, “Entrepreneurship, Education and the Fourth industrial Revolution”

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STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL