The main goal of the APSS project was to develop a sustainable model that uses astronomy to improve the low levels of science and math outcomes in rural areas of South Africa. To achieve this, the project organised a number of complementary activities, involving various stakeholders and targeting multiple audiences – a teachers workshop, parents […]
Category Archives: Flagship 3
2022, SciGirls - Empowering girls in science through astronomy, Sub-Saharan Africa
SciGirls Empowers Rural Girls As Leaders and STEM Advocates
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May
May
The SciGirls project aims to improve, in the long term, the gender gap in science, and the current lack of girls in STEM, by empowering secondary school girls from rural areas and their female science teachers using astronomy and its multidisciplinarity. The team organised a capacity-building workshop for 30 participants from different regions of Ethiopia, […]
“Astro-Phy Quench” – “School of Astronomy and Physics, 2023, Central and South Asia
Overview: “Astro-Phy Quench” – School of Astronomy and Physics
10
Jan
Jan
According to UN, Pakistan is the 5th Populus country. For Children b/w 5 &16 years, 32 % are not in school, second largest in world (53 % of whom are girls). Inequality is pervasive b/w urban-rural locations. Women’s labour force participation rate (21.5%) is among the lowest in region, as are rates of gender parity […]
2023, Astronomy Club in Secondary Schools in Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa
Overview: Astronomy Club in Secondary Schools in Nigeria
10
Jan
Jan
The core idea is to stimulate interest in astronomy through astronomy clubs in secondary schools. The project is a consolidation of a previous OAD project “AstroBus Nigeria”. This project aimed to establish astronomy clubs in 4 secondary schools with the provision of materials needed to stimulate greater interest and help in the activities of these […]
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Jan
Jan
The project AstroPhy Ghana aims to train Senior High Schools (SHS)/University level 100 students within Accra in Ghana and introduce the students to basic python programming language, astronomy observation and data reduction. A table-top radio telescope (TTRT) will be built using a software-defined radio as a receiver, an amplifier and a horn as an antenna […]