EPFL and Jura Canton team up to promote science among young people

EPFL and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports for Jura Canton have renewed their partnership until 2022. The goal is to encourage young people to consider careers in scientific and technical fields. EPFL President Martin Vetterli and Martial Courtet, the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports for Jura Canton, have just signed an agreement renewing this partnership, which dates back to 2009. The goal of this alliance is to promote the sciences among young people and to enhance the role and status of scientific and technical fields in Jura schools. This will be done by, for example, giving annual workshops on computers and robotics and holding science-oriented workshops tailored specifically to high-school students. The agreement will also enable Jura Canton to draw on EPFL's knowledge, technical support and network of contacts for teaching scientific and technical subjects. High-school teachers of math, physics, chemistry, biology and computer science will be able to participate in seminars.