-donates several tablets to support e-learning

FOLLOWING the partial re-opening of schools across the country last week, Rubis Guyana, the well-known energy company, made a generous donation to the Diamond Primary School on the East Bank of Demerara to facilitate electronic learning.
The donation is a part of the company’s six-year support in the area of key education projects.

Joylyn Johnson, Retail Accounts Executive of the fuel company, noted that the provision of the tablets will assist pupils with their e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 26 Samsung and Lenovo tablets were donated to grade five pupils of the school.
Johnson noted that the company was aware of the challenges faced by the school since the traditional learning methods were no longer active due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“As the world faces the challenges and effects of this pandemic, a great toll is being borne by our children who have had to adapt to a different way of receiving information and learning,” she stated.

She added, “It is our concern for this most vulnerable group that sees Team Rubis rally to render assistance.”

In addition to the tablets for the pupils and their teachers, Rubis supplied SIM cards to allow the pupils to access the BrainStreet platform as part of their virtual education.
Local technology provider, BrainStreet, offers online tutoring and practice questions for multiple subject areas via its Brain Central platform. This initiative will see the pupils covering the core subjects, Mathematics, English Language, Science and Social Studies.
As part of the sponsorship, Rubis has agreed to offset the cost to have the teachers and the headmistress trained to use the platform, facilitate the orientation programme for the children and provide access to over 125,000 questions for a two-month period.

The presentation of the tablets was made on Friday, June 19, at the Rubis Head Office, Ramsburg, Providence, where the Headmistress of the Diamond Primary School, Sherron Howard, thanked Rubis for the generous donation and explained that some pupils were facing economic challenges especially at this time. She stated that the school through the donation, “will be able to engage our learners, especially the Grade 5, meaningfully.”
Over the past few months, Rubis Guyana has also made donations to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and the Civil Defence Commission to assist frontline workers and vulnerable families in the community. The company has also donated essential personal protective equipment to the Ministry of Public Health.