Access to Education

Siemens organized the Siemens Ecomaniacs Camp where more than 30 children were given the opportunity to learn more about the environment and deepen their appreciation for our flora and fauna. 

In line with their commitment to act in the interest of future generations, Siemens work closely with the Goethe-Institute in Malaysia to help increase awareness on the issues surrounding the focus topics of energy and sustainability via a collection of cinematic stories during the Science Film Festival Malaysia. In conjunction with the sponsorship of the Science Film Festival, Siemens not only organizes annual screenings of entertaining films for the young children of employees aged five to fourteen, but also conducts interactive and engaging activities that help to increase awareness on the importance of science and technology. 

Siemens Malaysia was delighted to have been able to support a passionate, young team from SMK USJ 4 in their journey and participation in the National Robotics Championship in 2014. The National Robotics Championship is an annual event which promotes the creativity, innovation and higher order thinking skills that hands-on learning brings to students via the established robotics platform in Malaysian schools nationwide. More than 2,500 teams from primary and secondary schools participated in the National Robotics Championship 2014. 14 Lower Secondary Category teams set up booths to showcase their projects to members of the public as well as distinguished guests. The Siemens-sponsored team from the Robotics Club of SMK USJ 4 Secondary School won top place, walking away with the gold medal for the Lower Secondary Open Category, with their project named "Apollo 2020". The winning team from the Robotics Club SMK USJ 4 will form part of the Malaysian Contingent to the World Robotics Olympiad in November 2014. 

Siemens supported the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) to organize the IEM-Siemens Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Competition, which saw participation from school students across the Klang Valley. The theme of the event was ‘Future City’ and it sought to encourage students to think outside the box as well as extract answers from the most unlikely of sources. Students not only actively participated in the competition to fulfill the objectives of the event, but they also engaged in a networking session amongst themselves in hopes of building a fruitful symbiotic relationship. 

Siemens participated in the Petrosains Science Festival which catered to primary and secondary school students at the Galleria compound of Petrosains and Suria KLCC. The festival pools together and provides a unified platform for private corporations, public institutions, scientist academicians, environmentalist, artists, personalities and Petrosains to work together and storm up a funfest of science activities in the hope of inspiring and attracting Malaysians to the wonders of science. Siemens organized several science experiment activities for students to participate and understand the concoction behind such a spectacle.