GEA distributes Energy Activity booklets to primary schools
St Margaret’s Primary Head Teacher, Ms Georgiana Lewis, receiving the booklets from GEA’s Public Communications Officer, Taiwo Wilson-Williams
St Margaret’s Primary Head Teacher, Ms Georgiana Lewis, receiving the booklets from GEA’s Public Communications Officer, Taiwo Wilson-Williams

THE Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), on Friday last, distributed the Energy Activity Booklet titled ‘What is Energy?’ to four Primary schools. The schools that were the recipients of the booklets were St Angela’s Primary, St Margaret’s Primary, Stella Maris and Maes Primary. Each school received 35 copies of the Booklet, according to a statement from the GEA.

In the exercise of its mandate to continuously seek to promote and disseminate information about energy efficiency, energy conservation and the development and utilisation of renewable sources of energy, the GEA designed the booklet for children of grades 4 to 6.

‘What is Energy?’ was created as a means of disseminating information to students about energy so as to foster discussions within classrooms and to encourage further learning through an entertaining medium. Divided into the four core subject areas (Maths, English, Science and Social Studies) under which various activities have been prepared, the booklet was designed with the common theme of ‘Energy’ running through each subject.

The four aforementioned schools took part in the pilot exercise of the booklet; thereby contributing significantly in ensuring that the booklet catered effectively to the core target group (grades 4 – 6) in relation to the activities it contains, appropriateness and comprehension of content. The recommendations received from the teachers and pupils were incorporated into the final publication.

The Guyana Energy Agency said it wishes to express heartfelt thanks to the Principals, teachers and students for their invaluable support and partnership.

It is the Agency’s hope that the Booklet will be truly embraced in such a manner that Guyana’s Energy Champions (children) would recognise that they too have the “power to conserve energy”, thereby making a positive contribution to ‘a secure and sustainable energy future’.

‘What is Energy?’ can also be downloaded from GEA’s website (www.gea.gov.gy).

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