Jena revolutionizes MINT formation: New funding for clubs!
Jena revolutionizes MINT formation: New funding for clubs!
In Jena, a lot is happening in the MINT formation: In its last session, the city council has revised the strategy for the areas of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology. These new plans affect both content and financial adjustments to the funding, which should benefit numerous clubs, so reports Jenatv .
In particular, initiatives such as Witelo e.V. and Imaginata e.V., which have already made important contributions to the MINT education landscape in Jena, are promoted. Together with these clubs, the city also presented the background of the changes. Dr. Christina Walther von Witelo found that the MINT formation offers an excellent chance to achieve more children and young people.Network meeting for MINT formation
The network meeting recently held in the historic town hall brought together around 50 players of the MINT formation. Organized by Witelo e.V. and the city's education department, numerous ideas were discussed here. Among other things, the connection of MINT content was discussed with artificial offerings, which opened an exciting perspective in order to increase the interest of young people for these areas.
Education director Johannes Schleussner welcomed the participants and emphasized the variety of ideas and initiatives that are implemented in the city. The Jena city council had already passed a MINT strategy in 2016, which has now been updated. The focus is not only on education itself, but also its link with culture and even the tourism sector.
innovative MINT offers
The new MINT offer is also the trailer workshop of Stadtwerke Jena Netze GmbH. In addition, the Imaginata celebrates for 30 years as a place of learning and relies on developments in the field of sustainability and renewable energies. At the Ernst Abbe University, a Technik-AG promotes tinkering and experimenting with the students.
In addition, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is trying to promote MINT skills across all educational levels. The issues of skilled workers and participation in part are particularly important, which also take a look at social challenges such as climate change and digitization, such as the BMBF explained.
In order to comprehensively design the MINT funding, the action plan 2.0 is committed to new initiatives in areas such as cooperation, quality and research. Particularly noteworthy is also the increased attention to the integration of women in MINT professions in order to counteract the underrepresentation problem.
With over 70 partners in the network and numerous extra-curricular learning offers, Jena will take a pioneering role in MINT formation in the coming years. The commitment of the local clubs and the city will surely open many new perspectives for young talents.
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