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BACAR: A tool for promoting STEM education

by Hans van de Groenendaal, features editor, EngineerIT

The recent annual Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio (BACAR) project demonstrated how it can be a valuable science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education tool. The current BACAR project series is the brainchild of the Secunda Amateur Radio Club. On 21 October 2017 a large balloon lifted off from the TRMC Model Flying Club airfield in […]

Amateur radio empowers learners to choose sustainable careers

by Hans van de Groenendaal, features editor, EngineerIT

  To create a knowledge and manufacturing economy South Africa needs to concentrate on training engineers with the right qualifications. Over time the perception has taken hold of some young people that engineering is not cool. If this is the perception, what are we doing about it?  It is up to engineers to make engineering […]