Havana, Mar 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is finalizing details to host the XII International Congress on Science Didactics and the XVII International Workshop on Physics Teaching, from March 25 to 28, at the Havana Convention Palace.

According to the Ministry of Education of the island, the meeting will be attended by researchers from Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala, Ecuador, Spain and Venezuela.

The president of the scientific committee of the Congress, Alexis Méndez, explained that there will be an exchange on the teaching and learning process of natural and exact sciences and technical sciences in general and higher education, and in non-formal education.

The role of the sciences in the digital transformation of societies and the attention to the talent of children, adolescents, and young people, in the area of science, will also be discussed.

The scientific program includes five symposiums, among them, the XII Workshop on the teaching of Physics, the teaching and learning of Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth and Space Sciences, the use of computer resources, and the development of digital skills in the teaching and learning process of these disciplines.

At the same event there will be associated exhibitions, in which institutions, projects, and national and foreign companies will be able to exhibit and market their productions, services, and materials.

The opening conference of the congress will be given by the president of the Cuban Academy of Sciences, Luis Velázquez.

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Cienfuegos, Cuba, Mar 8 (Prensa Latina) Two female researchers from the Center for Environmental Studies of Cienfuegos (CEAC) are participating in the event “For more women in nuclear energy”, developed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The event is being held from March 7 to 8 in Vienna, Austria, to commemorate International Women’s Day.

Liana Beatriz Carballo Rosado and Eng. Anamary Acosta Valladares, CEAC’s Aspiring Researchers, are participating as delegates in the meeting, which is being held within the framework of the IAEA’s “Marie Skłodowska-Curie” and “Lise Meitner” Fellowship Programs.

Both Cuban participants were awarded a scholarship from the Agency’s Skłodowska-Curie Program, which aims to increase the number of women in the nuclear field, thus contributing to create an inclusive workforce to participate in and drives scientific and technological innovation on a global scale.

The IAEA works to address the underrepresentation of women in the nuclear field through the IAEA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (MSCFP) and the Lise Meitner Programme (LMP); by enabling more women to access careers and pursue studies in the nuclear field, the programs contribute to building the future nuclear workforce.

The CEAC was recently designated “IAEA Collaborating Center for the Application of Nuclear and Isotopic Techniques in the Study of Coastal-Marine Ecosystems in the Latin American and Caribbean Region”.

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Havana, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is preparing to hold the first International Workshop on Quality and Sustainable Professional Training, a topic that today is of vital importance for the better preparation of educators to face their students.

The event will be held in hybrid modality (face-to-face and virtual) from November 26 to 28 this year in Havana.

According to Alexander Manso, director of Technical and Professional Education of the Ministry of Education (CUBAMINED), the conclave aims at socializing experiences on pedagogical and didactic strategies that contribute to the development of inclusive quality professional training with a gender approach.

Manso, quoted by CUBAMINED, said that in the context of the international meeting, four symposiums or workshops will be held, which will address topics such as Comprehensive Quality Vocational Training as an axis for social economic development.

Participants will also analyze the improvement of teachers for Technical and Professional Education, the realities and challenges in professional training and the transition to a sustainable economy, as well as the use of 21st century technologies in the preparation of young people.

Under the slogan “train and employ”, the workshop proposes four pre-event courses that will also be held in the hybrid modality and will be linked to the area of training of the qualified middle-level workforce and will be taught by Cuban and foreign specialists.

It is foreseen to have a Cuban delegation of approximately 200 teachers. The number of foreigners will be open in correspondence with the requests received.

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Havana, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Foreign Ministry congratulated the people and government of Mauritius on Tuesday, on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of its independence.

On its X profile, the Foreign Ministry reaffirmed Cuba’s willingness to continue to work to strengthen relations and establish bilateral collaboration ties.

Mauritius, an archipelago in the southwest of the Indian Ocean, gained its independence from the United Kingdom on March 12, 1968.

Port Louis established diplomatic relations with Havana in 1976.

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