The National Youth Development Trust [NYDT] is an international, inter-organizational NGO whose main focus is on dedicated career path development at school and college level in South Africa and Africa.
Our mission is to identify emerging scientists and assist them with the development of science projects. We believe that many emerging scientists in South Africa and Africa are competitive in global context.
To facilitate that, we developed a development framework. We - for instance - established the New Frontiers Science Programme to
- Encourage students to participate in international Science based problem solving programmes and competitions
- Initiate and develop - for students - relevant research projects with comparative perspectives
Several of our students have proven that they possess the ability and skills required to make scientific discoveries and contribute to Mainstream Science.
Our students have proven that they can be competitive in global context. We have winners in competitions like the NASA Aerospace Design Competition for high schools and the International Future Problem Solving Competition
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National and International Accreditation
The NYDT is the leading NGO in South Africa and Africa as far as International Science Based Competition [Web- and Virtual poster based projects] is concerned.
The NYDT earned international accreditation for its programme.
We introduced a national South African Colors Programme for students who represent South Africa in international Science Based competitions.
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