Through its Libyan STEM Hub, FabLab Libya will provide STEM education to students.
The Problem
The quality of the educational system in Libya is deteriorating. Libya is no longer part of the classification of the global education quality index by the World Economic Forum. Overall, teaching methods remain poor and outdated – rather than embracing an interactive, critical thinking approach, they are based on recitation and memorization.
The Solution
Through its Libyan STEM Hub, FabLab Libya will provide STEM education by introducing a school support centre, which offers STEM training to teachers. The project also organizes STEM education classes within school schedules, facilitates hands-on experiments, conducts coding classes, robotics classes (Micro Blocks) and introduces STEM educational kits while promoting STEM resources and activities via an online platform. While the current focus is to pilot the project in Benghazi, the plan is to eventually scale up to reach all elementary schools in Libya.
Impact
The STEM Hub promotes gender equality and provides children with equitable access to quality education. Through STEM training, the project also facilitates skill development in innovative technology.
SDGs
Team
Abdelfattah Alwarfalli
Project coordinator
Media Links:
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