Pilot programme for science, maths launched in Bartica schools

First Lady, Sandra Granger (left) presenting a robotics kit to a representative of the Three Miles Secondary School. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

The Office of Climate Change (OCC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, on Tuesday launched the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) pilot programme in Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni – Region Seven.

According a release from the Ministry of the Presidency (MoP), the event was held at Three Miles Secondary School and saw First Lady, Sandra Granger, Chief Education Officer, Marcel Hutson, Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall, Head of the OCC, Janelle Christian, Assistant Executive Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Dr Mark Bynoe, members of the STEM Guyana team, teachers and students from the Three Miles Secondary School and the Bartica Secondary School in attendance.