GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A 10-year multi-million-dollar Science, Technology, and Mathematics (STEM) initiative that would see the roll-out of several projects and programmes for children and teachers, was launched by oil giant ExxonMobil on Monday.
According to Exxon’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods, the US$100 million Science, Technology, and Mathematics (STEM) initiative that would see the roll-out of several projects and programmes for children and teachers.”
Over the next decade, the Guyana STEM initiative will train thousands of educators and reach tens of thousands of students across the country, transforming Guyana’s STEM talent pipeline and developing a new generation of engineers, scientists, and leaders ready to shape Guyana’s future and importantly, open doors to bigger and better opportunities for everyone. ,” he said.
Woods added that the money would be used over the next 10 years to reinvent and strengthen education STEM across Guyana.
On the drawing board would be the launch of a comprehensive teacher training for secondary math and science education in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the University of Guyana.
The ExxonMobil chief also said the initiative would see the establishment of a nationwide network of student STEM centres with the first starting in Georgetown at the University of Guyana .
He said those centres would provide hands-on STEM learning for teens and young adults across the country and would mirror a successful model that President Ali visited in the States last year.
“Our goal is very simple, inspiring the next generation of Guyana’s engineers and scientists by working with the students and the teachers who educate them.”
