Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, paid a visit to the zdi Centre Paderborn, which cooperates with Paderborn University, on Friday, 21 February. Brandes gave the STEM network a funding commitment of just over 207,000 euros for the "zdi.paderborn-TOP" project for a total of five years. In zdi laboratories, workshops and courses, children and young people are given the opportunity to gain practical experience in scientific subject areas under qualified guidance outside of school.
As a centre of higher education and technology, Paderborn is committed to getting children and young people interested in STEM professions in order to attract them to the region as future professionals. Since 2009, the Paderborn zdi centre has been organising hands-on activities for different age groups and school types. The "STEM taster course" as part of the spring and autumn university and the "zdi school lab coolMINT" were set up in collaboration with Paderborn University.
Uwe Schoop, authorised signatory of Wirtschaftsf?rderung Paderborn and head of the Paderborn zdi centre: "Thanks to the support from the state, we can increasingly address young target groups that are not always easy to address for STEM topics. By being able to intensify our cooperation with schools along the educational biography from primary school to graduation, we want to continue to make an important contribution to promoting young STEM talent in the Paderborn district. We are delighted about the appreciation for the work of our zdi cooperation network from business, science, administration and politics."
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