AfriGer Goals
Our key objectives include:
- Enhancing STEAM Education: We will investigate the need for STEAM education in Africa and design comprehensive policies that promote SDGs.
- Academy Establishment: The African-German STEAM Innovation Academy will serve as a hub for promoting STEAM education and linking it with research and industry needs.
- Vocational Training: Intensive training courses tailored to the job market needs in rural areas will be developed to uplift socio-economic conditions.
- Research Collaboration: We will strengthen research links between our African and German partners, addressing global challenges through STEAM disciplines.
Our planed activities are:
- Survey different stakeholders.
- Develop professional Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) targeting African postgraduate students to improve their pedagogical and practical knowledge in STEAM subjects, with a focus on SDGs.
- Design and deliver intensive training courses tailored to meet the needs of the job market in rural areas, addressing the disconnection between education and employment.
- Provide customized profession-based STEAM-related vocational training to uplift the socio-economic status of individuals living in economically challenged rural areas.
- Student exchange programm.
- Scientific Meetings.