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Fostering diverse human resources

NEC Galileo Club

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In recent years there has been a growing concern in Japan that children are losing an interest in science.
NEC has recruited retired NEC employees to help give children the opportunity to experience the joy and thrill of discovery as well as the fascination of science and the fun of designing and making things. "NEC Galileo Club," the science and homespun experiments class, is targeted for elementary school students and is held at schools and science museums nationwide. NEC employees also volunteer in the classroom as support staff for teachers.

Through these activities, NEC hopes to foster the "dreams" and "rich creativity" of the children who will shape our future.

Comments from a Participating Elementary School Pupil

  • I didn’t like science and found it really hard to keep up in class. But today the class was more like listening to a story, and I had no trouble answering the questions. It was fun! It was the first time I thought that science was interesting.
  • I realized that it’s really important to try different ways of doing things. If you try something a different way, it can make it more interesting.
  • I think that working together as a group to make a robot and discussing ways of solving problems helped us become friends.
  • I was really excited to see how it would turn out and was really happy when it worked! It was hard, but interesting. I had a really good time!
  • I felt like I really was a police officer catching a criminal! I’m also much more interested in science now.
  • I was also surprised how quickly a criminal could be found just from a fingerprint.

Comments from parents and guardians

  • The class was full of surprises from start to finish. I felt like the children’s eyes were shining the whole way through.
  • If science is taught as just another school subject kids grow to hate it. But if they can get hands-on experience like in today’s class, I think that more kids will come to enjoy science and use it to make lots of new discoveries.
  • They didn’t just make things, they also had discussions and saw demonstrations of real science – the class was very well balanced, I thought.
  • Thank you for providing my child with such a great experience! My child also looked like they had a great time.
  • They didn’t just carry out an experiment and record the results, they also thought about why those results were obtained and how they could be applied in real life. It was very easy to understand, and an excellent experience, I think.