Welcome at CusMiBio
Responding to the high-school teachers' need to receive training and swap advice in the latest scientific developments, the University of Milan in May 2004 has founded CusMiBio (Centre of the University and School of Milan for Bioscience Education), a new project to improve Science Education in High Schools. CusMiBio works in close collaboration with the Lombardy Educational Office (Lombardy is a large area in the North of Italy with 991 public High Schools, over 1500 life science teachers and over 342.000 students). This center wants to be a bridge between the two educational systems, High School and University, with the main goal to increase knowledge and interest for Science in high school students.
CusMiBio organizes training activities and updating courses directed to school teachers and laboratory activities for high school students, to increase their STEM skills and their interest in biosciences with the final goal of ensuring a new generation of researchers. For the past 15 years, ~ 150,000 Italian students and ~ 700 school teachers participated in experimental activities organized by CusMiBio.
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