KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 (Bernama) -- Yayasan PETRONAS through its signature education programme, Program Duta Guru (PDG)  recently collaborated with Petrosains to host a special sharing session here, with seven-time world champion Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton.

The ‘PDG STEM Hub Special: Accelerate with Lewis Hamilton’ session saw 30 PDG teachers participating in the Formula One Speed Car project - a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) module that applies the Engineering Design Process (EDP) in designing the participants’ respective F1 racer vehicle models and manipulate the speed of their cars through coding to win the race.

The participants then had the opportunity to interact with Hamilton during a question and answer session with the British racing driver, moderated by Yayasan PETRONAS CEO, Shariah Nelly Francis.

In the session that was meant to further inspire and motivate the participants, the teachers were reminded that every child has the potential to be successful and that they play a critical role in nurturing and shaping the future of their students, especially in STEM education.
 
Launched in 2019, PDG is Yayasan PETRONAS’ flagship education programme in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE), that aims to improve and solidify the capability of local public-school teachers to promote students’ interest and competency in STEM subjects and enhance their higher order thinking skills (HOTS).​ The programme is in line with Yayasan PETRONAS’ goal of contributing towards 60:40 National STEM enrolment.
  

Issued by: 
Yayasan PETRONAS  


Photos
Link to PDG STEM Hub Special photos
 
 
Photo Captions
 
Photo 1: Program Duta Guru Teachers programming their speed cars with the knowledge they have gained from the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) lesson during the workshop.
 
Photo 2: Shariah Nelly Francis, CEO of Yayasan PETRONAS moderated an answer-and-question session with Lewis Hamilton, seven-time world champion Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One driver.
 
Photo 3: The winning team “Fast and Furious” of the Formula One Speed Car project with Ezarisma Azni Mohamad, CEO of Petrosains (far left), Lewis Hamilton, seven-time world champion Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One driver (third from left) and Shariah Nelly Francis, CEO of Yayasan PETRONAS (far right).
 

SOURCE : Yayasan PETRONAS 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Yayasan PETRONAS 
Name : Carol Wong
Tel : +60 12 296 9281
Email : wong.yuetmeng@petronas.com
 
PETRONAS 
Name : Taufik Atman
Tel : +60 19 669 9579
Email : taufik.atman@petronas.com

--BERNAMA