SAASTA National Schools Debates Competition – ensuring that science becomes part of our everyday dialogue

Schools will complete the online or manual registration and information literacy skills; form and submit to SAASTA before the closing date. [...] b) Provincial Workshop and Tournaments The top 10 schools per province will attend an online To enter the competition each school must complete workshop on the debating style, and then compete in the the entry form and submit it to debates@saasta.ac.za provincial tournaments. [...] A new topic linked to the National or complete the online entry form at: Science Week theme will be provided to the learners to prepare accordingly for the tournament. [...] In South Africa, the Department of Science and Innovation's 2019 White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation highlights the importance of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and acknowledges the significant impact it is expected to have on the way we work, our services, education as well as leisure. [...] In a country such as South Africa, grappling with challenges of poverty and inequality, will implementing 4IR technologies bring more benefits than harm to our society? Guidelines on the topic and additional research information, as well as details on how to submit the videos or voice notes will be provided to interested schools who submit an entry form.