Press Release
22.9.2016
To be published immediately
The opening gala of the Tempaus2016 student project was on Tuesday in Helsinki, attended by 1,000 students. The gala opened the long-awaited signing up by students for the drive, lasting ten days. During the first day, nearly 400 participants signed up. The target is to get 1,500 students involved.
“It’s great that hundreds of participants signed up at once in the first wave! I’m sure that our target of participants will be reached in a few days,” opined the co-ordinator of the tempaus drive section, Niko Ferm.
The participants in the drive will visit schools on Monday 31.10. and Tuesday 1.11. A pre-planned inspiring programme will be carried out in the schools, together with the pupils. The most popular programme packages have been Arkielämän pulmapakki (‘The Problem Pack of Daily Life’), which applies the learning of maths in practice, and Kids Try Science, the aim of which is to fire up the interest of pupils in science and technology. The aim of the tempaus drive is to show support for the change in basic schooling and bring enjoyment and motivation for learning to school pupils. The patron of Tempaus2016 is the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö.
AYY, the student union of Aalto University, HYY, the student union of the University of Helsinki, LTKY, the student union of the Lappeenranta University of Technology, TTYY, the student union of the Tampere University of Technology and TYY, the student union of the University of Turku are involved in the recruitment of student participants in the drive.
Further information:
The co-ordinator of the Tempaus section Niko Ferm, niko.ferm@aalto.fi, 050 994 3120
The person responsible for the communications of the Tempaus section Noora Vänttinen, noora.vanttinen@aalto.fi, 040 7316120
Read more about programme options: tempaus.fi
Read more about the Tempausgaala: https://www.facebook.com/events/1198227753533335/
Tempaus2016 in the social media
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tempaus2016
Instagram: @Tempaus2016
Twitter: @Tempaus2016
Hashtags: #Tempaus2016, #aarre
www.tempaus.fi