The Government is providing almost $600 000 towards the establishment of a University of Otago Science Academy.
Initially a two-year pilot scheme is to be implemented, involving students and teachers from secondary schools without major science laboratory facilities. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Vernon Squire told the Otago Daily Times that the scheme is designed to enable talented science pupils from small, rural, and low-decile schools access and exposure to science facilities generally available only at larger schools. "It is a way of redressing the balance."
The Science Academy will complement the existing Hands On Science summer camp run by the University for secondary-school students.
Otago to run Science Academy
