British Gas on mission to make science fun

BRITISH GAS, in collaboration with the Ministries of Education and Energy Industries, is on a mission to make science education more fun and interactive.

They have embarked on a programme which will allow primary and secondary school students a more hands-on approach to learning science, British Gas President Peter Dranfield announced on Wednesday. The programme involves two buses outfitted with scientific equipment and gadgets which will be going around to schools. Education Minister Hazel Manning said the Ministry wanted to generate increased activities and programmes to stimulate students. She said teachers would be trained to better understand and deal with these activities, so that they can incorporate the exercises into their daily classes.

Manning added that there was an added need to make education fun and expressed the hope that this would lead to a decrease in violence and indiscipline in schools. She said the Education Ministry recently took a proposal to Cabinet to change the current curriculum, and it had been “well received”. However, she did not offer details of the proposals put forward by her Ministry. Energy Minister Eric Williams , said another component of the programme,  the interactive website EnergyAlive.com combined two ingredients that were important to him — energy and education of the people. He commended British Gas for their vision in supporting a project which allowed students and the general public to learn about the energy industry.