As sustained strategies are implemented by the Ministry of Education to bolster interest in the subject areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM),Wholesale China Jerseys, recent collaborative moves saw Science being placed on the front-burner at schools in Regions Six.With funding from Exxon Mobil, Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG), a local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), was able to support the Ministry in a quest that saw 10 teachers and approximately 75 pupils of the Skeldon and All Saints primary schools being trained.The training, which was undertaken on May 23 last, saw YCG providing kits to enable training in the use of Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) with a view to enhancing the skills of teachers to teach as well as to increase access to instructional materials by students at the Grades Five and Six levels.Facilitated by the Education Ministry’s National Science Coordinator, Ms Petal Punalall-Jettoo, the IBSE Project is intended to use laboratory and household equipment to better teach and understand Science by doing practical activities.Approximately 400 students and 20 teachers, including those of the Peter’s Hall and Beterverwagting/Triumph Primary Schools in Region Four, have also been identified to benefit from similar training, according to YCG officials.Minister of Education Priya Manickchand at a recent stakeholders’ forum at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), indicated that business as usual will have to be a thing of the past if the Ministry is to advance the STEM agenda.According to her, countries across the world are developing different avenues using strategies to interest their students in the STEM areas,China Jerseys Cheap, even as moves are simultaneously made to retain and train them properly.Students of All Saints Primary School doing an activity on gravity“Why is that? It is because the world understands, after much study, that we have to advance in these areas if we are to develop and evolve in a civilised manner and at the rates that we are capable of?” the Minister asked.And according to her,China NFL Jerseys, the Ministry of Education is not unaware of the challenges that have surfaced as efforts are made to ascertain how to make the STEM areas more attractive to students.“So we are committed as a State to honour our obligation to providing an environment where teachers can explore and be creative; where children could feel the freedom to be creative and innovative,” the Minister saidThe stakeholders’ forum saw the attendance of teachers, students and representation from a number of entities including the Guyana Energy Agency, Demerara Distillers Limited, Brass Aluminium and Cast Iron Foundry, the University of Guyana and the Guyana Sugar Corporation.At the forum, too,NHL Jerseys From China, Chief Education Officer Olato Sam alluded to the recently held Sagicor Visionary STEM Challenge which saw Guyana engaged in both national and regional competitions. And according to Sam, “the challenge brought out some of the best and brightest minds in our system, and we are certainly extremely proud of the output. It really holds well for the potential that exists here in this country in relation to the STEM agenda.”Moreover,Wholesale Jerseys, he said that efforts must be made to move to another stage in relation to building a strong sustainable base with regard to the STEM agenda.“That really is the key objective of this meeting. It is not just what would happen today, but ensuring that as a result of these engagements STEM and all related elements can be seen as one of the pillars in the educational structure that is sustained throughout the system,” Sam said.In fact,China Jerseys, he noted that the education system has for some time now appreciated the fact that the STEM agenda has to start from the lowest level. As such, he said that it is imperative that individuals understand that as early as the nursery level, there are some fundamental concepts that can be imparted to young children.“As simple as the see-saw might be as a mechanism for play, there is quite a bit of Science there, and concepts can certainly be engrained at such a basic level so that all of our children can become scientific-thinking individuals and we really have to get to that point,” the Chief Education Officer said.