Gates wants to see more funding for a National Science Foundation program for math, science and engineering graduates students, and he suggested that at the high school level, math and science teachers should be paid more.
The Director-General also informed the President about the new assignment given by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to UNESCO in the field of a new UN-systemwide science initiative for sustainability, in the wake of the High level Report on Global Sustainability, and the formation of a new Science Advisory Board, to be hosted and managed by UNESCO.
Even if there were already trained teachers who could teach entry level computer science in high schools, budget and union constraints would make it very difficult to hire them.
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Ministers and high level officials, experts of science, higher education and research from 11 South East European countries will participate: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey.
The Secretary-General informed the meeting of his intention to engage the scientific community in taking forward the science-related recommendation of his High-level Panel on Global Sustainability, with support from Director-General Bokova.
The Secretary-General informed the meeting of his intention to engage the scientific community in taking forward the science-related recommendation of his High-level Panel on Global Sustainability, with support from UNESCO Director-General Bokova.
Many of the fastest-growing occupations require strong math and science preparation, and training beyond the high school level.
Creating companies and growing industries that generate jobs, demands exponentially more entrepreneurs and workers who have STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education, high-level training and the corresponding skills to perform in a technology-driven world.
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Subsequently, the Mokhele report was considered by a high level CARICOM meeting in Grenada on 9 April 2008 on 'Using Science, Technology and Innovation to Change the Fortunes of the Caribbean Region'.
The stress should be on vocational training, postsecondary education and every program that will broaden access to computer science and strengthen science, technology, engineering and math in high schools and at the university level.
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Maybe it's time (once in a blue moon) for a high-level bipartisan commission--televised and transparent--to review the science, the costs and the regulatory processes, taking into account the national interest.
Mr. GIN RAY (Manager, Science City): (Through Translator) We want Hefei to become a top-level, high-tech city.
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