Zeeburg’s shrimp dryer wins best project plan prize at Sagicor finals

From left: Marlene Chin, Communications Manager at Sagicor; Petal Punalall-Jetoo, National Science Coordinator; Alan Bhajan, District Education Officer Region 3; Jennifer Cumberbatch, Director of NCERD; Dhanraj Rambarose, Lead Teacher at Zeeburg Secondary; Vidya Ram, Science Teacher at Zeeburg Secondary; and Lakshman Ramdat, Leader of the Zeeburg Secondary team.

They did not win the top prize, but members of the Zeeburg Secondary School team did not leave the Sagicor Visionaries’ Challenge regional finals in Barbados empty-handed.

The team and its innovative shrimp dryer won the prize for the best project plan and design at the challenge, lending support to the project’s viability as a solution to the pollution caused by the open shrimp drying done next to the school. The prize includes a trophy and US$500 for the school to improve its science programme.

Twelve schools from across the Caribbean and South America competed in the challenge,