Fostering Nuclear Science in Schools through Innovative Approaches: IAEA Perspectives

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  • Sabharwal Sunil
    Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency,
  • Gerardo-Abaya Jane
    Division for Asia and the Pacific, Department of Technical Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency,

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<p>The industrial and economic growth involving nuclear science and technology (NST) necessitates an increase in the demand for human resource development in the nuclear sector. It is vital to enhance the understanding of students on NST to reach out to the next generation of scientists and engineers. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been strengthening the education of NST in secondary schools to support sustainability of applications of nuclear technology in member states. The implementation of the IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) project RAS/0/065 during 2012-2016 provided valuable proficiency in successfully introducing NST in secondary schools in the Asia-Pacific region in selected pilot countries. The initiative between 2015-2016 trained 15 teachers through the IAEA fellowship program in turn trained over 1364 other teachers thus creating a critical mass of trained teachers in 4 pilot countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and United Arab Emirates) reaching out to a total of 24,717 students in secondary schools in just over one year. The project led to development of education materials, hands-on exercises, as well as co-curricular activities which made nuclear concepts more interesting to students. Countries that implemented the activities have demonstrated the success that can be achieved by the partnership of two sectors – the nuclear sector providing the technical and scientific expertise and the educational sector ensuring the delivery of the topics in the classroom. Encouraged by the success achieved, a new TC project “Educating Secondary Students and Science Teachers on Nuclear Science and Technology, RAS0079” has been initiated in 2018 expanding the project to other member states in the Asia-pacific region. The details of these resources, the activities conducted and their impact as well as planned activities of the new project with a goal to reach one million students during the next four years are presented in this paper.</p>

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