1. Would you support biotechnology workshop for children
during school holidays?
Maybe - 17 votes (30%)
No - 0 votes (0%)
Don't know - 0 votes (0%)
2.
Do you think biotechnology workshops during school holidays will help
promote this field?
Yes - 30 votes (58%)
Maybe - 22 votes (42%)
No - 0 voted (0%)
Don't know - 0 votes (0%)
Total votes - 52
3. What is the appropriate age to expose children to basic biotechnology
workshops?
Primary school children - 27 votes (51%)
Lower secondary school - 21 votes (40%)
Upper
secondary school - 5 votes (9%)
Total votes - 53
4.
Would you pay for your children to attend biotechnology workshops during
school holidays?
Yes - 26 votes (43%)
Maybe - 34 votes (57%)
No - 0 voted (0%)
Don't know - 0 votes (0%)
Total votes - 60
Readers this month have been
surveyed with regards to their willingness to expose their children to
various aspects of biotechnology via workshops during the school holidays.
Readers have overwhelmingly presented their support behind this suggestion,
with 70% providing a positive answer while the other 30% voiced the possibility.
This willingness is further mirrored when queried on whether they would be willing to pay for the workshop, as 23 agreed while 34 allowed the possibility.
This is probably due to the belief that such workshops may help promote the field, where 58% of voters supporting the idea and a further 42% replied with a “maybe”.
However, voters were divided
between the appropriate age to expose their children to biotechnology
as 27 of the 53 who voted believed that the exposure should begin during
primary school, while a further 21 who voted, believe that lower secondary
would be a more appropriate time. This is contrasted by the 5 who believed
that their children should only be exposed to the complexities of biotechnology
during their upper secondary years.
