Programme · Grades 11–12
Science & Career Expo
A learner cannot choose a future they have never seen.
Kodumela's flagship exhibition, running annually since 2011. Corporates, government agencies, universities and NGOs bring their people to rural circuits so that Grade 11 and 12 learners can meet working professionals, see the careers their subjects lead to, and ask direct questions.
Learners choose subjects, and then careers, without ever having met someone who does the work. Exhibitors volunteer their staff and their time precisely to close that gap — so a career stops being a word and becomes a person a learner has spoken to.
The programme model
How it runs, stage by stage.
- 01
Identify need
Circuits and schools are consulted on which careers learners never encounter.
- 02
Match support
Exhibitors and sponsors are recruited from industry, government and higher education.
- 03
Deliver learning
A full-day expo brings exhibitors into the circuit where the learners already are.
- 04
Expose opportunity
Learners leave with study routes, application advice and contacts in fields they can now name.
- 05
Follow progress
Former learners return as volunteers, organisers and exhibitors in later editions.
What participants experience
- Meet professionals in science, engineering, mining, energy, health, finance and further study
- Hear a main speaker who has made the journey
- Ask exhibitors directly what a career actually involves
- Take a career assessment and discuss the result with a counsellor
Typical activities
- Career exhibitions with corporate, government, university and NGO stands
- Talks by working professionals and industry leaders
- Advice on how to grow into a specific career from the subjects a learner takes
- Career assessment and guidance for learners in Grades 9–12
Verified impact
What we can prove.
Learners directly reached by the Science & Career Expo since it began in 2011, with further indirect reach in the communities that host it.
Reported by Kodumela in “Science and Career Expo 2017”, published November 2017. Figure to be refreshed for the current year.
Learners from 12 schools attended the first Science & Career Expo in the Maleboho circuit.
Reported by Kodumela in “Maleboho Science and Career Expo 2016”.
Current and upcoming activity
Science & Career Expo — next edition
To be confirmed, Limpopo
2017Science & Career Expo 2017
Bahananwa, Seotlong and Mphahlele circuits, Limpopo
2016Maleboho Science & Career Expo 2016
Maleboho circuit, Limpopo
2015Science & Career Expo 2015
Bahananwa, Seotlong and Mphahlele circuits, Limpopo
Related reading
Science and Career Expo 2017
The expo has now directly impacted over 6 000 learners, with De Beers, the Geological Society of South Africa, Lesego Platinum and Spar backing the 2017 editions.
ProgrammeMaleboho Science and Career Expo 2016
The expo expanded into a new circuit, drawing over 900 learners from twelve schools.
ProgrammeScience & Career Expo 2015
The fifth annual expo drew over 900 learners in Bahananwa and over 1 000 in Seotlong and Mphahlele, with thirteen organisations exhibiting.
ProgrammeScience & Career Expo 2014
Over 700 learners in Bahananwa and over 800 in Seotlong and Mphahlele, with nine exhibitors and a keynote from Sunbird Energy's executive chairman.
Ways to support Expo
This programme runs on people and funding.
Related programmes
Educate4Depth
Extra teaching, at the moment it changes a result.
Volunteers, tutors, school leadershipLeadership Development
Developing future leaders today.
Grades 9–12Career Guidance & Assessment
Know what you are suited to before you have to choose.
Whole schoolSchool Support
Change a school and you change every learner who passes through it.