{"id":1218,"date":"2026-08-29T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:33:58","slug":"dr-kenneth-kaunda-young-scientists-bring-research-and-innovation-to-the-fore-at-eskom-expo-regional-science-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/?p=1218","title":{"rendered":"Dr Kenneth Kaunda young scientists bring research and innovation to the fore at Eskom Expo Regional Science Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strong female participation and high-quality research characterised the Eskom Expo Dr Kenneth Kaunda Regional Science Fair, where girls significantly outnumbered boys as young scientists from across the region demonstrated creativity, scientific thinking and a commitment to developing meaningful solutions to real-world challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-29-at-17.11.33-1024x723.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-29-at-17.11.33-1024x723.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-29-at-17.11.33-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-29-at-17.11.33-768x542.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-29-at-17.11.33.jpeg 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong female participation and high-quality research characterised the Eskom Expo Dr Kenneth Kaunda Regional Science Fair, where girls significantly outnumbered boys as young scientists from across the region demonstrated creativity, scientific thinking and a commitment to developing meaningful solutions to real-world challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1219,"href":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions\/1219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolchronicle.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}