The Ministry of Education In recent years, invests in innovative projects, in the development of disciples of the necessary modern skills, into talented young people, in new ideas, and therefore in the successful development of their country.
One of the projects that grows in Azerbaijan with rapid pace, and not without reason, is the STEAM project. Students STEM are more oriented on the practical application of their knowledge, so the project turned out to be in demand and began to expand not only on the number of student coverage, but also geographically. The STEAM project, which started in 2019, thanks to the special attention and support provided by the first vice-president of Mehriban Aliyeva, in the 2021-2022 school year embraced about 100,000 students of 302 secondary schools of 50 cities and districts.
The main goal, however, as the success of the project, is that he teaches to look at life situations from the point of view of natural and accurate sciences complete, developing critical thinking skills, creativity, information literacy, digital literacy, flexibility , skill work in a team, etc. As you know, it is those skills that help adapt in the 21st century under modern challenges.
To cover even more students, in parallel with the implementation of the project in general education schools, 10 Steam centers across the country have been created and commissioned. To date, the centers created under the Shirvan, Guban schools of modular type, Ganjaransky, Ismaillinsky, Agdash, Lankaran, Sabirabad, Bardi professional lyceum, with a European lyceum in Baku and the Khirdala City School of Lyceum No. 3, are functioning. By the end of this year, it is planned to increase the number of centers to 15. Taking into account the area where Steam centers are located, as well as the density of adjacent regions, it is planned to attract 1000-3000 students to each center, only about 30,000 students per year.
Note that the modern Steam approach is based on the formation of skills by fastening the information obtained by experiments. In class students study not separate items, but working on a project using knowledge of several disciplines at once.
For example, at Steam’s lessons, students of secondary schools are mastering “3D-print”, “microbial programming”, “electrical engineering”, “biotechnology”, “nanotechnology”, “robotics”, “Laser CNC laser machines”, “unmanned flying machines Apparatuses “(Training drones),” Business skills “,” Civil Engineering “,” Chemical Engineering “, etc.
“Our students already create projects that will change the world,” says Steam project head of Nazarov.