Author Archives: Ram Venugopal

Project Improves Girls Enrollment in Rural Kenya

The Elimisha Msichana Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (EMEJA) project, Swahili for ‘educate a girl child, educate the entire community with Astronomy’ or rather, society benefits when a girl is educated, supported by funding from the IAU-Office for Astronomy for Development, targets girls education issues in rural Kenya. The project used multiple interventions to tackle the […]

Disadvantaged Students Trained as Astroguides in India

The aim of this project, run by AstronEra headed by Shweta Kulkarni, is to educate the tribal students about the field of astronomy and also give them an opportunity to generate an income using the skills gained through this program. These students are recognized as “AstroGuides” and are now set to organize stargazing programs and promote […]

Alumni Teach and Mentor Students in Rural South Africa

The Acornhoek Physics Summer School (APSS) is an annual 3-week program aimed at grade 11 learners, run during December and January holidays. During the program learners are introduced to grade 12 maths and science so that when they start their last year of school leading to the South African National Certificate, they are already aware […]

Pre-school Teacher Training in Malaysia

ASTROPEST is based on the 21st-century model of teaching and learning, encouraging high quality, inclusive, equitable education, and promoting opportunities for lifelong learning for pre-school teachers. Preschool teachers will receive training in fundamentals of astronomy, hands-on activities, in a 2 days training program. Knowledge transfer activities will also be provided for pre-school kids and the […]

Astronomy Clubs at Schools in Ghana

The Astronomy in Ghana project organized an instructors workshop, a 2-day workshop from 19 May to 21 May 2022 to train project team members. The team then carried out initial school visits from July to August 2022. The team presented the importance of Astronomy to Ghana to the students and teachers to inspire and build […]