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EDUCATION

Science education in danger?


In a world making unprecedented progress in science and technology and increasingly aware of the Earth’s limited resources, students are turning away from science subjects. Too dull and theoretical, they say.

UNScience-EconomyScreen.jpg Britain’s Royal Society recently warned parliament about a sharp drop in the number of secondary school students taking mathematics, physics and chemistry at A-level (end of secondary cycle) and at university. The same trend can be seen in France, Germany and other industrialized countries. Students in developing countries are also increasingly disinterested, says Orlando Hall-Rose, head of UNESCO’s Science and Technology Education Section. More


EDITO

Let’s for one instant imagine a world where people do not have sufficient understanding of basic science and technology concepts to understand issues relating to water shortage, pollution, health, forests or climate change. More

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