Chapters serve to connect the broader membership with each other and with the activities of SAARMSTE more generally. Chapters provide local activities in the different countries and provinces thereby encouraging members to share research and local concerns on an ongoing basis. Chapters can be formed in any country or province in the Southern African region. This strategy is aimed at encouraging and motivating members within reach of each other to work together to further the objectives of the Association.
As a chapter, support and encouragement in carrying out research is paramount.
Attendance at SAARMSTE conferences is encouraged through paper presentations.
Chapters enjoy legal standing in the country of their origin which in turn allows for effective fundraising.
To form a SAARMSTE Chapter, the requirement is for a group of MSTE personnel within Southern Africa, (country or province), who are interested in pursuing research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (MSTE) and in forming a core group towards a SAARMSTE Chapter. The group is organized into a formal association with legal status within the relevant country. This means that a ratified Chapter will need to have:
Once the chapter starts to form, i.e. an Emerging Chapter, the Chair, or appointed leader of the group should apply to the SAARMSTE Executive Committee for recognition as a SAARMSTE chapter by sending:
Members of the Chapter Committee must be paid up members of SAARMSTE.
There are two Chapter Representatives on the SAARMSTE Executive Committee at any given time.
These representatives are voted in by the members at the Annual General Meeting held prior to the Annual Conference and are there to assist the Chapters in any way they can, be it:
Contact details can be found through the Association Secretariat
Eastern Cape
North West
Western Cape
UniZulu
KwaZulu Natal South
Lesotho
Malawi
Mocambique
Namibia
Eswathini
Zambia
Zimbabwe
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Mauritius
+27 (0)82 977 9858
President
Dr Million Chauraya mchauraya04@yahoo.com
President Elect
Dr Qetelo Moloi
qetelo@kelello.org
Secretary/Treasurer
Dr Tulsi Morar
Tulsi.morar@nmmu.ac.za
SAARMSTE Secretariat
Ms Carolyn Stevenson-Milln
+27 (0)82 977 9858
saarmste@gmail.com
Research Capacity Building Committee (RCBC)
Representative
Prof Elizabeth Mavhunga
elizabeth.mavhunga@wits.ac.za