PUTRAJAYA, July 3 — The Science, Technology, and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) is offering free tickets to the National Science Centre (PSN) in Kuala Lumpur and Alor Setar, Kedah (National Science Centre Northern Region), as well as the National Planetarium, for official trips involving school students.
Its minister, Chang Lih Kang, said the move is in line with the Education Ministry’s (MOE) initiative to encourage schools to organise educational visits, as part of efforts to strengthen the teaching and learning process.
“It is an integrated effort to support the government’s policy of bringing science and technology closer to the people and instilling students’ interest in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (STEM) subjects,” he said in a statement today.
However, exhibitions in collaboration with external strategic partners are not included in the free ticket offer, he added.
On June 16, MOE issued a circular on the guidelines for educational visits involving government school students.
The circular also encouraged schools to organise educational visits that students can gain benefits from such as increasing their knowledge and suggested private educational institutions registered with the MOE to also use the guidelines.
— Bernama
