KwaZulu-Natal
26 October 2007
Statistics South Africa is adopting a number of identified Dinaledi schools
in KwaZulu-Natal, under the auspices of the ISIbane Social Responsibility
Programme of the 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI)
to be held in Durban in 2009. The ISIbalo Capacity Building and the ISIbane
Social Responsibility Programmes, which are incorporated into the programme of
the 57th Session of the ISI, aim to build capacity and encourage African
scholarly participation during the ISI session as well as ongoing statistics
education activities and training programmes to increase statistical literacy
in the country.
The Dinaledi Programme was established in 2001 as an initiative to improve
the performance of the schooling system in respect of Mathematics and Science.
This augurs well with the objectives of the Accelerated and Shared Growth
Initiative for South Africa (AsgiSA) and Joint Initiative for Priority Skills
Acquisition (JIPSA) programmes of government that seeks to accelerate growth
and build capacity of scarce skills in the country hence capacity building in
the field of mathematics and science can never be overemphasised.
Statistical capacity building is one of the primary objectives of Statistics
South Africa and through the ISIbalo and ISIbane programmes, Stats SA intends
to work collaboratively with the Departments of Education and Science and
Technology and in conjunction with public-private partnerships to reinforce a
culture of learning in the subjects of mathematics and science.
A new generation of statisticians will arise from KwaZulu-Natal as rural
schools in Ndwendwe are taken under the wing of Statistics South Africa through
the ISIbalo and ISIbane programmes. Statistician General of South Africa, Pali
Lehohla will launch the programme at a ceremony in Ndwendwe.
Enquiries:
Solly Kganyago
Cell: 082 568 6122
Issued by: Statistics South Africa
26 October 2007
