Science Education in the Islamic World: A Snapshot of the Role of Academies of Sciences

Science Education: Why? Science education is currently viewed as inadequate in the developing and developed worlds. This renders imperative the need to promote science education at all levels throughout the world, particularly in developing countries, so that people nurture their quantitative acumen, become more inquisitive and analytical, innovate and ultimately be better qualified to address development problems as well as to convert accumulated knowledge into products and services of monetary value, i.e. create wealth. A deliverable that can be achieved through a dynamic national Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) system of which science education is a major component. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.