Hip2BSquare is built on the belief that dreams can be realised by anybody with energy and the willingness to invest in their education early on. Whatever your dream may be, you can reach it if you are willing to work hard at school and make smart decisions about your life. One of the greatest aspirations the youth of today can have is to be savvy and smart about the choices they make in life. Hip2BSquare aims to drive home the message that knowledge is power". Mark Shuttleworth
The weekly television show 'Hip2bSquare' (SABC 2, Mondays @ 4pm) is just one element of Mark Shuttleworth's vision for a techno-literate Africa. It aims to promote careers in science and mathematics to schoolgoers, and to impress upon them the importance of these subjects at school.
NASSP MSc student Michelle Wiehahn was thrilled to be given the chance to speak about Astronomy in a recent episode of the program. She answered questions relating to observatories in general, and the South African Astronomical Observatory's Sutherland site in particular.
Visit their website, hip2b2, for more information on the Shuttleworth Foundation's exciting project.