Learners from from Hoër Volkskool Potchefstroom, Ferdinand Postma High School and Saints Christian School were recently inducted into the prestigious NWU STEM MentHER programme.

The North-West University Faculty of Engineering’s leading female academics in Engineering departments, alongside the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences’ schools of Nursing, Physics, and Statistics, will mentor and guide 10 learners from schools across North West and Northern Cape.

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) is about combining these fields into the real world and seeing it as a unit.

The Potch-based inductees are Asanele Mokhobo (Saints Christian School), Martiné van Aswegen and Alisha de Jager (Potch Volkies) and Unaysah Ismail (Ferdinand Postma High School).

“The NWU extends its heartfelt gratitude to STEM MentHer founder Dr. Cerene Rathilal and director Dr. Lungile Sitole for trusting the Faculty of Engineering with this transformative initiative, as well as to the dedicated mentors who have raised their hands to inspire and walk this journey with the next generation of women in STEM,” the NWU Faculty of Engineering stated on their official Facebook page.