Thirteen schools get $1m each from gov’t to boost science, tech delivery

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Acting Head Teacher of the Berbice High School, Ayesha Wong-King and a student of the school receiving the cheque from President David Granger at State House  (Ministry of the Presidency photo)
Acting Head Teacher of the Berbice High School, Ayesha Wong-King and a student of the school receiving the cheque from President David Granger at State House  (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

The government on Wednesday presented $1M cheques to 13 secondary schools under the National Endowment for Science and Technology (NEST) programme to boost STEM (Science, Techno-logy, Engineering and Mathematics) education delivery.

A release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the schools are: Queen’s College, Bishops’ High School, St. Rose’s High School, St. Joseph High School and the St. Stanislaus College from Georgetown;