Tata Wekesa, a teacher at St Augustine Academy, has made history by teaching a science lesson for 62 hours, 33 minutes and 34 seconds nonstop.
Wekesa was attempting to smash the Guinness World Record for the longest science lesson.
In a live YouTube session, Wekesa's students celebrated their feat as the marathon that began on Tuesday, February 13 ended on Friday morining.
Originally scheduled to teach for 50 hours, Wekesa extended the lesson for 12 hours and 33 minutes, totalling 62 hours, 33 minutes and 34 seconds of continuous teaching.
The Guinness World Records (GWR) has not yet ratified Wekesa's achievement.
Wekesa, smashing Science lesson record
In an interview before the event, Wekesa shared her motivation for the feat noting that she wanted to encourage students to love Sciences.
“I decided to do this because as a teacher I do not like how science classes are packed and many students end up not fulfilling their potential. I want to show the doable and interesting side of science. I want to motivate young ones in school who want to become teachers by showing a teacher can achieve greater things beyond the classroom,” Wekesa said.
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“Teaching is a noble career and teachers should be highly esteemed. I intend to use the platform and the record to reach out to bodies that make policies to do with education and advocate for reforms.”
“I have been working on building my endurance, I have a team behind me that has helped with the lesson plan. The past three days, I stayed awake for 44 hours to train my body to stay awake,” Wekesa told the journalists.
According to the Guinness World Records, the record for the longest science lesson was broken in 2008 by an Indian teacher, Kathiravan M Pethi and 36 students who were all Indians.
GWR says the lesson took 78 hours and 3 minutes.
The class was held at the Association of Physicians of India in Bangalore, India, from October 31 to November 3, 2008.
