Director, CSIRO Education and Outreach, Ruth Carr.
CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has launched a five-year, multimillion-dollar STEM Together program that highlights the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) thinking in Year 5-10 students. It encourages them to build transferable skills like innovation, problem solving and critical thinking. It aims to boost representation for student groups, including students from regional schools, girls, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and those from less advantaged areas.
Director of CSIRO Education and Outreach, Ruth Carr, said STEM skills will play a critical role in Australia’s future. “As a country, we must ensure our young people have the skills to face the challenges the world throws at them and make sure Australia remains globally competitive. If we don’t do this we’re going to fall behind,” Ms Carr said.
By valuing strengths like curiosity, critical thinking, perseverance, we hope CSIRO’s program will encourage more students to see themselves in STEM subjects and career paths,” she said.
Nominations for the STEM Together Future Shapers program are open until 2nd May.