The NNPC Exploration and Production Limited (NEPL)/Seplat Energy Joint Venture (JV) has commissioned and handed over two fully equipped state-of-the-art STEAM Laboratories in Asagba Mixed Secondary School and Zappa Basic Secondary School, both in Asaba, to the Delta State government.
The Joint Venture also reemphasized commitment to improving quality education with sustained investment in teacher development, by empowering 500 teachers across Delta State with contemporary STEAM-based teaching skills.
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.
On behalf of the NEPL/Seplat JV, Chioma Afe, Director of External Affairs and Social Performance, Seplat Energy Plc, represented by Esther Icha, General Manager, Corporate Social Investment and Social Performance, Seplat Energy Plc highlighted that the laboratories formed part of its strategic investment in the future generation through quality education for the purpose of building a better society.
She revealed that the initiatives formed part of the JV partners’ efforts to promote more creative, practical and student-centred learning in schools.
