The University of Macau (UM) Macao Base for Primary & Secondary STEM Education has been included in the first batch of 2021-2025 national science education bases. UM is the first university in Macau to have entered the list.
The base offers STEM programmes to support science promotion in Macau and provides continuous training for teachers and students from local secondary schools, according to a statement issued by the university.
The base also advances science promotion in Macau by collaborating with all strata of society. So far, the base has organised summer camps, outreach programmes, the Liaison Professor to High School Project, the International Workshop on Research Innovation and STEM Education for Next Generation, science training workshops for teachers in primary and secondary schools, a technological innovation competition sponsored by the Bank of China, as well as various visits and science popularisation competitions.
The Macao Base for Primary & Secondary STEM Education was jointly established in June 2018 by UM and the Science and Technology Development Fund, among other institutes. LV
