…Educators to be trained in use of SI unit

GUYANA National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is encouraging greater usage of the international system of units (SI Units), commonly known as the metric system.
Recently, GNBS met with the Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, and senior education officials as it sought to garner support. In that meeting, the GNBS officials underscored the importance of making the metric system more well-known within the areas of the education curriculum.

With this, teachers and students will fully adopt the SI system in their classrooms, not only in theoretical teaching sessions, but also in how to apply it in practical situations. Further, it is anticipated that students will communicate the knowledge garnered on the SI Units from the school system to their parents.

Marcel Hutson, the Chief Education Officer, noted that while most of the curriculum covers areas of the metric system, there is need for all Guyanese to familiarise themselves with the concept, and to adopt its usage.

The minister and the team of education officials welcomed the initiative for the ministry and the GNBS to work collaboratively through information dissemination to the younger generation, towards a change in culture that will facilitate the transition to the full use of the SI units in Guyana.

It was agreed that both teachers and employees of the ministry would be trained on the SI, and the GNBS would provide the National Centre for Educational 0Resource Development (NCERD) with information to facilitate the updating of the Education Curriculum.