By exposing pre-university science, technology, engineering and math students to the nation’s space program, it is possible to allow some of these students to naturally orient their careers towards a solid foundation in space science & engineering, disclosed Stem Power.
The placement of competent and experienced Ethiopians is yet another way Ethiopia becomes an independent and productive nation.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math power responded to the Prime Minister Office invitation, by inviting 500 talented science, technology, engineering and math students to visit the facilities of the Entoto Observatory and Space Science Research Center (EORC) and its parent organization, the Ethiopian Space, Science, and Technology Institute. The students visited the space station in Entoto area.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister’s office has capitalized that the students of Science, Technology, and Engineering and Math study could become an important part of the nation’s budding space program.
The afforementioned students have been learning at the science, technology, engineering and Math Centers and at public universities in the diverse cities of Hawassa, Bahir Dar, Kalamino/Mekele, as well as the science, technology, enginnering and math Centers of Addis Ababa area universities at Kotebe Metropolitan and Addis Ababa Science Technology, and also the science, technology, engineering and math Center of the Menelik I Science Shared Campus high-school.
During their visit the students learned many technical concepts regarding their nation’s space program, as well as new ways to utilize their STEM Center lab equipment, and foster their understanding of innovation, technology, and astronomy parallel to spreading Ethiopian culture to the world.
The Ethiopian Herald January 12, 2020
BY MEHARI BEYENE
