National Science, Technology and Innovation Week

Last Updated 13 years ago by Kenya Engineer

Today marks the beginning of the National Science, Technology and Innovation Week happening at the KICC and organised by the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST).The event- second the country is hosting- has its main objective as taking stock of the achievements of the first Medium-Term Plan (2008-2012).It will also seek to improve the understanding of the existing challenges and opportunities in the National Innovation Systems and Knowledge-Based Economic Management Systems.

The event brings together scientists, innovators, researchers, policy makers, students at all levels as well as the members of the public.

“Upcoming scientists, researchers, students and innovators will learn about/from NCST and other scientific institutions the assistance, process and procedure required to advance their skills…”, says NCST CEO, Prof.Abdurazak Shaukat in a statement.

Case studies on the subject matter from selected countries will be presented to benchmark the country’s achievements. Technical Institutions also get to stage what is commonly known as TVET fair during the week. A Robotics contest will also be held.

“The goal of the robot contest is to foster and stimulate creativity in Kenya by arousing interest and understanding of robotics…”, says NCST in a statement.

The TVET fair is organised under the broad categories of Applied science and Agriculture, Business/Information Communication and Technology /Entrepreneurship, Electrical/Electronics engineering among others.
With Sh1.2 billion,ST&I via grant has since 2009 funded  a total of 975 research projects. Some of the outstanding projects showcased last year include; mobile phone car tracking and security system, Bicycle mobile phone charger, mobile irrigation system, remote controlled lock, ect.

The event will go on until 17th of this month.