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Corporate companies urged to support education
– as STEAM fair finals approaches
As the national finals for the Biennial Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics and Arts, STEAM fair approaches, RUBIS Guyana Inc. and the Guyana Power Limited (GPL) have reiterated the importance of the involvement of corporate companies in their support of the (STEAM) Fair programme being undertaken by the Ministry of Education.
The two companies are urging other corporate companies to invest in education as an avenue to facilitate holistic development.
Leading the charge is RUBIS’s Retail Accounts Executive, Rhonda Johnson who said that her company sees investment in education as investment in the country’s future leaders.
Johnson expressed her satisfaction in the execution of the recently held regional fair but noted that certain improvements must be done in the future.
“The organisers and participants did a really remarkable job. However, there were some glitches which I trust can be rectified at the next competition if they are going to continue the growth and development of the science fair,” Johnson said.
Shevion Sears, GPL’s Public Relations Officer presenting a cheque to Regional Education Officer, Tiffany Favourite Harvey
She reaffirmed her company’s commitment and dedication to continue lending its support to the science fair. Johnson added that while it’s only their second time supporting the science fair, RUBIS is very happy with the fair’s growth and development.
“From a RUBIS perspective Rubis believes that the support for the STEAM was the perfect opportunity to allow students to unleash their inner creativity. This is the second time that we have given support to this competition and we believe that it’s a worthwhile initiative. Anything that can propel intellectual learning and allow students or young people to improve on their academic standing, Rubis is very happy to support,” Johnson noted.
The RUBIS senior official said that her company continues to remain steadfast in helping to champion educational development citing that the country stands to benefit significantly.
“We believe that this was the perfect forum for us as a corporate company to give some sort of lending hand to ensure that the department of education materialises or realises what they were trying to achieve,” she said
Johnson said that supporting educational initiatives is one way of preparing students, who would soon enter the workforce, to be effective and efficient in the execution of their duties.
She called upon other companies to follow suit what she said has been RUBIS’s approach to holistic development.
Meanwhile, Public Relations Officer of Guyana Power and Light, Ms Shevion Sears said that some of the glitches that she would like to see is a more timely start to the STEAM competition. She also said that this year’s competition produced a significant number of brilliant ideas which she passionately appealed to the department of education to ensure that these projects and idea are explored thus further helping to bring them to reality.
“There were some interesting projects, I have seen some very fantastic work by the students and it speaks very well about the students’ talent and if we can support these endeavours there is no doubt that Guyana can be a better place. Therefore, for GPL we believe in supporting these initiatives as it plays a vital role in Guyana moving in the right direction and that we learn to be creators rather than accepting what is just there,” Sears said.
Sears also expressed satisfaction that this year’s competition involved a number of schools. She commended the organisers for what she said was a well organised competition urging the department to continue involving more schools and students.
“There is no other place to start it than in the school and I am so happy that this event caters for students at the nursery level. We need to cultivate that kind of spirit, the spirit of thinking, thinking out of the box, creativity the ability to experiment that would lead to the implementation and creation of various products and services and so I believe it should be something that more corporate Guyana can come on board,” Sears stressed.
The national finals for the STEAM fair, is slated for April 3rd – 6th, 2018 and will be held at the St Joseph High School.
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