Ross Sheil, Staff Reporter
SCHOOLBOYS ARE being invited to join an 'Apprentice-style' science summer school to be held at the University of West Indies (UWI) Mona, July 9-23.
The free Generating Genius programme is looking to select 20 boys to add to the 10 who joined the inaugural summer school last year. It was founded by Dr. Tony Sewell in an attempt to reverse under-achievement among black schoolboys and turn them into the next generation of doctors and scientists.
The British-Jamaican education expert told The Gleaner that this year the project would introduce an element of competition, to be rewarded by prizes donated by Cable and Wireless.
DIVIDED INTO GROUPS
"We are going to divide the boys up into groups and they are going to have to develop a science project," explained Mr. Sewell. "We are going to invite major CEOs from major corporations to be the Donald Trump figure for the two weeks so they will have to present in front of this figure and be judged on certain criteria."
Last year the UWI Mona campus hosted 10 boys from Jamaica, together with 10 from the United Kingdom, although this year the British will be spending their two weeks at Imperial College, London. Dr. Sewell said that, funding permitting, the Jamaican boys could in a few years have the opportunity of a summer school at a U.K. university.
Generating Genius is sponsored by Jamaica National Building Society and supported by The Gleaner Company.
How to apply
For an application form, contact Patrice Simmons at: 534-3195.
Boys must be aged 12 to 13 and achieved 90 per cent or more in their science GSAT.
The deadline is May 19.
