Education


Accessible STEM

    
  Education is a fundamental human right, and everyone should have a fair right to education. However, children in rural or remote areas, as vulnerable groups in society, often face discrimination and lack access to fair education, especially natural science and STEM education.


  According to data from UNESCO, 258 million people worldwide are out of school, accounting for 17% of global children, adolescents, and youth. In 2017, in rural areas of China, 17.6% -31% of students did not complete middle school, and the dropout rate during the entire middle school stage was as high as 63%. However, rural students in China account for two-thirds of the total number of students in school nationwide.


    Although China has taken many measures to change this situation, the quality of education in rural areas still lags far behind that in urban areas. They lack teaching resources, inadequate infrastructure, political will, and community support. At the same time, they lack targeted funding and often face problems such as ineffective governance, inconsistent laws, and policies that cannot be implemented.


    We have decided to challenge and improve the current situation of educational inequality, attempting to break down the barriers of promoting biology and STEM education among marginalized populations.


In the following paragraphs, you can see that we face
these difficulties together with the children

    
  In order to have a sustained and effective impact and effectively assist those who do not receive fair education, we have formed an education alliance with other teams. We strive to promote synthetic biology, life sciences, and STEM education in China and even around the world. We plan to establish long-term communication points in these impoverished areas, returning to these areas every year and facing challenges together with children until obstacles are overcome.

By clicking on the school icon, it is easy to obtain teaching support information for each team and links to their social media sources.