Published: 2016 February 07 07:07:24 (4296 Views)

The ministry of higher and tertiary education has launched a multimedia outreach programme to encourage pupils who took their Ordinary Level examinations in 2015 and attained grade “C” or better in Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry to take a combination of the STEM subjects at “A” Level.
Government recently announced that pupils who enroll for STEM subjects will get free education.

As part of the efforts to encourage schools and students to take up STEM, high schools that register full Lower Six STEM classes this year will stand a chance to win a state-of-the-art bus and a cash prize of $100 000.

Lower Six students who register for STEM subjects in 2016 will stand a chance to win a trip of a life time to Microsoft and other Silicon Valley STEM companies in the United States of America.

According to Prof Jonathan Moyo, 10 winners will travel to the United States while 100 winners will walk away with a state-of-the-art STEM laptop. The same number of winners will also get state-of-the-art iPads.

Prof Moyo called on those who are eligible to participate in “this exciting opportunity by ensuring that they register for a combination of Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry for their Lower Six in 2016”.

Prof Moyo said the objective of the multimedia outreach programme was to increase the number of STEM students who will enrol in STEM degree programmes at the country’s universities in 2018 and to stimulate interest in Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry as STEM subjects.

He said the programme will promote STEM careers in response to Zim-Asset’s human capital objectives and to develop and strain STEM skills that are critically needed for the country’s new industrialization thrust.



- Sunday Mail

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