Ukugqugquzela Onjiniyela Bakusasa: Iqhaza Elisebenzayo le-EECE Embukisweni Wesayensi ka-Eskom kowezi-2024 we-KZN

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Umkhakha wezogesi owaziwa ngele-Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering (EECE) e-UKZN ibe nomthelela omkhulu negalelo elikhulu kowamanqamu esifundazweni saKwaZulu-Natal kwesanda kudlula i-Eskom Science Expo, ikhombisa ukuzibophezela kwayo ekukhuthazeni uthando lwesayensi, ubuchwepheshe, ubunjiniyela kanye nezibalo (STEM) phakathi kwabafundi abasebancane.

Lo mcimbi, obambe iqhaza labafundi abangu-236 kanye namaphrojekthi angu-189, ukhombise ithalente elimangalisayo kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha zabafundi kuyo yonke iKwaZulu-Natal.

Ukubamba iqhaza kwe-EECE bekubanzi futhi kunomthelela futhi bekuholwa uTechnician Oyinhloko we-EECE, uMnu Divesh Maharaj. Ithimba labasebenzi abayi-16 kanye nabafundi abathola iziqu bavolontiye njengamajaji emikhakheni yobunjiniyela namandla, beqinisekisa ukuthi amaphrojekthi ahlolwa ngezinga eliphakeme kakhulu lezemfundo nezobuchwepheshe, kodwa futhi nangendlela ekhuthaza abafundi futhi yakhuthaza ilukuluku labo. Leli galelo belibalulekile ekuboneni nasekuvuzeni umsebenzi okhethekile wabahlanganyeli abasebasha.

Ngaphandle kokwahlulela, i-EECE iphinde yaxhasa imiklomelo emithathu ehlonishwayo, egqamisa ukuzinikela koMnyango ekukhuthazeni abasunguli bakusasa:

•    I-Energy Trailblazer Award - iklonyeliswe uMnu Joshua Williamson, umfundi weBanga le-12 waseNorthwood, ngephrojekthi yakhe evelele i-Heat Street emkhakheni wezamandla.

•    I-Innovators Engineering Award - eyawinwa uNksz Amukelwa Bhengu, umfundi weBanga le-11 e-Alexandra High School, ngephrojekthi yakhe yobunjiniyela esebenzisa isilawuli esincane ukuze kuhlanzwe amanzi omfula abe sezingeni elamukelekile ukusetshenziswa.

•    Umklomelo we-Code-vators - utholwe nguMnuz Shreyan Govender, umfundi weBanga le-11 wase-Star College, ngokwenza kahle kwakhe kwezobunjiniyela bamakhompiyutha ngokuklama uhlelo olungakwazi ukuvota nge-inthanethi.

Le miklomelo yahlulelwa izifundiswa ezivela ku-EECE futhi yanikezwa abawinile ngesikhathi somcimbi wokuklomelisa uDkt Mohamed Fayaz Khan, uThisha omkhulu kuMkhakha wezobuNjiniyela bukagesi. Ukwengeza kulawa magalelo, uMnu Matthew Brown, ofundisa e-Electrical Engineering, uphinde wabambisana ne-South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) kulo mcimbi, ukwethula isemina yokuxoxisana nge-Net Zero Initiative, okuhloswe ngayo ukulwa nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu. Lo mhlangano awugcinanga nje ngokubandakanya abafundi ababekhona kulo mbukiso, kodwa uphinde wafinyelela kubafundi bezikole ezingomakhelwane, ugcizelela ukubaluleka kwezinqubo ezisimeme kwezobunjiniyela.

Ukubamba iqhaza okubonakalayo kwe-EECE kuMbukiso weSayensi wakwa-Eskom kwakuqhutshwa umgomo wamasu: ukusebenzelana ngqo nabafundi bezikole zamabanga aphansi namabanga aphezulu abathanda i-STEM. Ngokwenza kanjalo, umnyango uhlose ukukhuthaza isizukulwane esilandelayo sonjiniyela nokudala ukuxhumana nabafundisi abanesibopho sokuthuthukisa imfundo ye-STEM, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zasemakhaya.

I-KZN Central Eskom Science Expo ibe yimpumelelo emangalisayo, futhi ukubamba iqhaza kwe-EECE kubambe iqhaza elikhulu kule mpumelelo. Imizamo yomnyango yokuxhumana nomphakathi kanye nezemfundo ayigcinanga ngokucebisa abafundi isipiliyoni, kodwa iqinise nobudlelwano bawo nomphakathi wonkana, nokuqinisekisa ikusasa eliqhakazile lobunjiniyela eNingizimu Afrika.

Umbhalo: Mohamed Khan

Izithombe: Zithunyelwe