Muscat: About 3,700 students, teachers and specialists from the Ministry of Education got an opportunity to virtually tour the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva via a video call on Tuesday.
The initiative was organised by The Ministry of Education, represented by the Department of Innovation and the Scientific Olympiad and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
The participants of the event were part of Peaceful Nuclear Science and Technology Education Project Team.
The visit began with a simple presentation about CERN and the quality of research carried out in it, followed by a tour of the organization’s laboratory with an explanation by specialists about the devices, components, mechanisms of work and experiments on them, experiments that occur underground. At the end of the presentation the organization’s specialist answered all inquiries and questions raised by participants.
The visit aims to review some of the qualitative activities and various scientific fields carried out by CERN, especially about particle physics, and to introduce the nature of research and experiments carried out in CERN laboratories, which includes the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with a number of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the particles along the way.
It also aims to provide an opportunity for students, teachers and those interested to explore the site of the experiments and interaction with specialists and scientists from the organization, who provided an explanation of the experiments from a physical and practical point of view.
Dr Maya al Azariah, an educational expert in the office of the Minister of Education, in charge of the Department of Innovation and Scientific Olympiad, and head of the Peaceful Nuclear Science and Technology Education Project Team, said that “this visit aims to enhancing the scientific aspects of students, linking them to the latest developments in research fields, and informing them about the various activities carried out by international institutions and organizations to inspire them to be future scientists. In addition to its large research aspects, it also enhances the research aspects of students and teachers through several specialized training programs that it offers, which allow teachers and students to interact with their counterparts from different countries of the world on many research topics.”
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