Engqungqutheleni ye-ISTELive 26, uthisha u-Andy Mann wethule indlela yokwabelana ngezinsiza eyakhelwe ukwehlisa izithiyo zezimali zobuchwepheshe bemfundo. Esikhathini sakhe sokwethula, esithi "Boleka Ungathengi: Ukwakha Umtapo Wokubolekisa We-STEM," uMann uchaze ukuthi wasebenzisa kanjani uxhaso lwezimali ngendlela ehlelekile ukwakha iqoqo lemishini ye-STEM esezingeni eliphezulu ye-Muskegon Area Intermediate School District eMichigan. Umtapo uvumela othisha bendawo ukuthi babhalise bathathe amadivayisi afunwa kakhulu, kubalwa kuwo nama-headset e-virtual reality abiza u-$10,000, bawazame emakilasini abo ngaphandle kokuthi izikole ngazinye zidinge ukuwathenga.

Le ndlela yokwabelana ngempahla ibhekana nenselelo evamile ekuthengweni kobuchwepheshe bemfundo: ingozi yokutshala izabelomali ezilinganiselwe zezikole kumshini obizayo okungenzeka ungazihambisani nezidingo zekilasi. Ngokuhlanganisa ukuthengwa kwamathuluzi e-STEM athuthukile ezingeni lesifunda, le ndlela ivumela ukuhlolwa okunengozi encane nokuqinisekiswa kwezindlela zokufundisa ngaphambi kokuba izikole zizibophezele ekutshalweni kwezimali kobuchwepheshe okuhlala njalo.