Abstract
M.Ed. (Educational Management)
As a result of the accelerated industrialization which is
taking place, organised industry as well as the educational
authorities involved, became more aware of the need to have
schools where pupils/students could receive technical oriented
education (Department of Education and Training, 1981:4).
Scientific and technical literacy is increasingly necessary in
our society, but the number of pupils who graduate from high
school with only the most rudimentary notions of science and
technology portends trouble in the decades ahead. This has
several implications, inter alia:
People in a wide range of non-scientific and nonengineering
occupations and professions must have a
greater understanding of technology than ever before.
Yet, the educational system does not always provide such
an understanding.
Pupils who take no more mathematics and science after
their ninth year in school have effectively eliminated
the possibility of science or engineering as a career.
The pool from which the future engineering personnel can
be drawn is therefore in danger of becoming smaller.
Education is t.he route by which upward mobility has been
achieved by disadvantaged groups. Increased emphasis must
be given to aiding those who have been excluded from careers
in science and engineering...