{"id":9861,"date":"2022-06-28T10:10:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T13:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/sin-categorizar\/improving-our-stem-education-is-a-national-priority\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T15:24:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T18:24:44","slug":"improving-our-stem-education-is-a-national-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/news\/improving-our-stem-education-is-a-national-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"“Improving our STEM education is a national priority.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Jorge Gr\u00fcnberg, member of the National Academy of Engineering (ANIU) and rector of Universidad ORT Uruguay, stressed the importance of improving education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), given that \u201cyoung people who choose a scientific orientation have a much better chance of accessing higher paying jobs\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his latest column, published in the newspaper El Pa\u00eds on Sunday, June 26, Gr\u00fcnberg highlighted the recent presentation of the report \u201cLa educaci\u00f3n STEM en Uruguay: Desaf\u00edo de todos\u201d (STEM education in Uruguay: A challenge for everyone)<\/strong>, prepared by the National Academies of Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics.<\/p>\n

This modality of work, of an interinstitutional and interdisciplinary group that, with this representativeness, offers consensus recommendations on a complex subject such as education, \u201cshould be an example at this time<\/strong> in which we did not manage to depoliticize the discussion on pensions, the price of fuel, number portability or the change of technical director of the national team,\u201d said the rector of the ORT Uruguay University.<\/p>\n

In line with the publication of the report on STEM education, Gr\u00fcnberg also highlighted the recent meeting organized by the Uruguay-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Montevideo to learn more about the country\u2019s innovation ecosystem, which has been successful in promoting the creation of fast-growing technology companies.<\/p>\n

There, it was stressed that one of the main obstacles Uruguay faces in promoting the creation of technology companies is the shortage of engineers<\/strong>. According to Gr\u00fcnberg, it is indisputable that a greater availability of IT professionals would facilitate the launching of technology companies, help to further technify national companies, attract more foreign investment and reduce unemployment and underemployment of young professionals\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, in our country very few young people choose a scientific orientation<\/strong>. According to statistics from the Ministry of Education and Culture, in 2020 only 14 % of the nearly 45,000 students in the 5th year of secondary school chose the scientific baccalaureate (nearly 45 % chose the humanistic baccalaureate).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is interesting to ask why the young people who may most need stable, high-paying jobs are the ones who least choose the baccalaureate orientation that provides entry to those jobs,\u201d Gr\u00fcnberg questions.<\/p>\n

And he adds that \u201cone possible answer (\u2026) is that many students in public high schools do not choose a scientific orientation because of the low quality of the education<\/strong> they receive. For example, in the PISA tests conducted in 2018 only 7 % of Uruguayan students had a \u201chigh performance\u201d in Science compared to 25 % on average of the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.<\/p>\n

Thus, \u201cimproving our STEM education is a national priority<\/strong> and can only be successfully addressed as a state policy,\u201d concludes Gr\u00fcnberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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