Why Young Girls Must Study Engineering
Women represent only 13 percent of the engineering workforce in the United States. With that imbalance in mind, tech company Raytheon has teamed up with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to introduce more girls to the field of engineering…
Why Women and Girls Do Not Study Science
The United Nations (UN) observes that science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Over the past 15 years, the global community has made a…
How India Plans to Provide Science Education to Students
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, dedicated to the nation on Sunday, the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) at Bhubaneswar. Speaking on the occasion, Modi said innovation is the need of the hour for every society…
Indian Children Receive National Bal Shree Awards
The HRD (Human Resource Development) Minister of India, Smriti Zubin Irani, conferred the National-level Bal Shree Awards 2013, on 62 talented children at New Delhi on Wednesday. While speaking on the occasion, Irani called upon National Bal Bhawan to treat…
How to Send Every Syrian Child Back to School
The future of a generation of Syrian children and youth is in jeopardy unless donors meeting in London this week prioritise the funding needed to get them back to school, say aid agencies leading the response to the brutal conflict…
Barbie Adds Three New Body Types to Its Doll Line
Barbie announced Thursday the expansion of its Fashionistas line with the addition of three new body types – tall, curvy and petite – and a variety of skin tones, hair styles and outfits. With these additions, girls everywhere will have…
Narendra Modi: 21st Century Is the Century of Knowledge
Narendra Modi: 21st Century Is the Century of Knowledge The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, unveiled Tuesday the plaque for the foundation stone of the campus for IIIT Guwahati. In his address on the occasion to students of IIT,…
NASA to Boost STEM Education in the Classroom
Texas Instruments and NASA are partnering to show students how science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) make feats like space exploration possible with mISSion imaginaTIon. The partnership and its programs aim to spur the imaginations of the next generation of…
























