A Study of STEM Program among Rural Students

Abstract

This study shows the implementation one of the STEM activity namely ‘Science to Action’ amongst rural students. It was implemented at one of the primary school in Pontian, Sekolah Andek Mori Mukim Serkat on 12th May 2018. This school was chosen by Science and Technology Club, UiTM Cawangan Johor, Pasir Gudang Campus in order to promote STEM amongst rural students in Malaysia. A total number of 50 school students including Standard 3, 4, and 5 was chosen to takes part in this programme. 30 facilitators from Science and Technology Club actively involved in this programme to facilitate all the modules in this programme. STEM programme used nine modules which is specially designed based on school syllabus. The main objective of this programme is to infuse interest among youth in the field of Science and Technology. From the study, we strongly conclude that implementation of STEM programme give a high positive impact towards STEM education.