Winter school of natural and technical sciences (STEM) for upper class students finishes February 5th

February 5 was the closing of the Winter School of STEM in Bishkek, which was held at the Kyrgyz-German Technical Institute (KGTI) campus, thereby completing the winter school of natural and technical sciences in 2016, which was held in six regions in the Kyrgyz Republic.

 

The winter STEM school in Bishkek was held at KGTI within the framework of the “Women in Science and Technology” project through the support of DAAD in Kyrgyzstan and The “Initiative of Roza Otunbaeva” IPF.

 

It is worth noting that due to the large number of those wishing to study in this school, the number of participants was increased to 30, instead of the 15 originally planned. During the winter school, girls were taught mathematics, computer literacy, and the German language. In addition to studies on the above subjects, workshops were taught on areas of the Kyrgyz-German Technical Institute ( "Telematics", "Logistics", "Engineering", "Biomedical engineering", "Applied Mathematics" and "Power"). Classes were conducted by leading teachers of I. Razzakov KSTU who are native speakers.

During the closing, girls were awarded certificates and gave letters of appreciation to the teachers.

At the conclusion of the school, 6 girls answered that they would attend I. Razzakov KSTU, 90% expressed their desire to continue studying the German language, and 100% wish to continue attending natural-science courses.

Due to the large number of people willing to participate in such schools, plans are currently being made to hold a STEM spring school for upper class female students.

 

As a reminder, the winter school was held in Naryn, Talas, Karakol, Osh, Batken, and Bishkek. The purpose of the school of natural and technical sciences is to train senior pupils the hard sciences, such as mathematics, computer science, physics, and chemistry, which will prepare them for admission to technical specialty departments. Additionally, the school served the purpose of increasing computer literacy for female teachers, and improved skills in working with interactive smart boards, which they can then use in their own teaching. In total, 224 upper class female students and 110 women attended the winter school.