Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 26 October 2019, the Youth Creativity Palace will host the STEAM Fest festival, which will demonstrate the world’s best educational development practices in the STEAM areas (Science, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art - Art, Math - maths).

The aim of the festival is to popularize natural sciences among young people and study the experience of foreign countries in the field of STEAM education.

The world is moving towards a knowledge economy, where the main factors of development are knowledge and human capital. STEAM education plays a key role in training the future specialists.

STEAM’s goal is to develop students’ highly organized thinking and train them in the effective application of their knowledge in disciplines such as science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and art through project-based learning. Moreover, STEAM education promotes integration, i.e. allows you to assimilate individual subjects in their relationship within the framework of complex educational projects.

The best non-governmental educational institutions of the city of Tashkent, authors of modern educational methods and foreign companies presenting their decisions in the direction of STEAM education will take part in the STEAM Fest festival.

Among the foreign participants of the festival are representatives of the companies GIGO (Russia), Robolab (Belarus), Lego Edu (Kazakhstan), Cool Science (Ukraine).

The Minister of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sherzod Shermatov noted: “The purpose of using STEAM education is to teach children to pose questions correctly and not be afraid to find answers experimentally. At the same time, children should understand that it is easier and faster to collectively solve the assigned task with the proper level of self-organization and mutual respect. ”

“Traditional education approach is listen, remember, do not use, and while the STEAM approach - explore, act, apply in practice. Therefore, I believe that everyone who is interested in the world’s best educational practices will find something new and interesting for themselves at this festival,” Feruza Vakhabova, Chairman of the Association of Non-State Educational Institutions, said.

The first international festival of modern educational methods in Uzbekistan is held by the Association of non-governmental educational institutions with the support of the Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan. Partners of the event are MIND Champ (Uzbekistan) and New Generation (Ukraine).