“Access to high quality education is a fundamental right for all. In times of global vulnerability, issues such as sustainability, health, peace, poverty alleviation, gender equity, and biodiversity conservation need to be at the forefront of thinking, planning and actions related to strengthening STEM education. While the relative balance and emphases of these disciplines varies around the world, it is the interrelatedness and combination of these that will propel progress.” (ICASE, 2013).
Improving teaching and learning in STEM education has become an economic factor in developing countries, emerging economies, and in long established economies such as Europe and the United States.