STEM (DIGITAL) PROGRAMME IN INDONESIA
meriSTEM@NIE has been working since early 2021 to co-implement a 36-month “STEM (Digital) programme in Indonesia – STEM Training & Learning for Teachers and Students” with Prestasi Junior Indonesia (PJI) as host community partner. The programme has received the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Indonesia. The project is funded by a grant from Temasek Foundation and Amazon Web Services is an industry co-sponsor. The programme aims to benefit 200 teachers selected from schools in Indonesia.
Phase 1 was launched on 14 July 2022 with the participants attending an online briefing. From then and over the weeks till 9 September 2022, they completed four online training modules covering Unit 1: Introduction to STEM Education, Unit 2: Planning for Integrated STEM Activities, Unit 3: Digital Literacy and Unit 4: Developing Digital Literacy in STEM Education.
Phase 2 of the programme, in the form of hands-on workshops for the learning of micro:bit coding, took place in the week starting 26 September 2022, with the meriSTEM@NIE team comprising Associate Professors Teo Tang Wee and Tan Aik Ling, Dr Timothy Tan and Mr Ng Yong Sim travelling to and meeting with the PJI team and Indonesian participants in Bandung, Indonesia. Over that week, the meriSTEM@NIE team, with assistance from the PJI team, provided training for the participants and also learnt much from the participants who had themselves travelled from various parts of Indonesia to attend the workshops
