Students confront Chikungungya, pollution at finals of Sagicor Visionaries Challenge

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Students of the Skeldon Line Path Secondary School who proposed using plants to control the spread of Chikungunya. This project involves the use of the marigold and tulsi plants, which can be boiled to make a brew that can be applied to the skin to repel mosquitoes. (Photo by Arian Browne)
Students of the Skeldon Line Path Secondary School who proposed using plants to control the spread of Chikungunya. This project involves the use of the marigold and tulsi plants, which can be boiled to make a brew that can be applied to the skin to repel mosquitoes. (Photo by Arian Browne)

By Sharda Bacchus

 

Using plants to repel mosquitoes and arrest the spread Chikungunya was among the solutions that took centre stage when the finals of the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge kicked off yesterday.

On the first of two days of competition, over 35 projects were showcased for judgment yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The competition requir-es students from participating secondary schools to solve a problem affecting their school or community by developing effective, innovative and sustainable solutions using different models through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, who officially opened the finals,