Entries for Commonwealth's Findel-CASTME awards for 2025 invited with closing date as October end

The Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME) has invited the entries from the educational institutions and organizations across the commonwealth countries for five awards for the projects done in the year 2005, namely (1)The Findel CASTME Education Award; (2) The Findel CASTME Protect Our Planet Award; (3) The Findel CASTME Community Award; (4) The CASTME STEM & Literacy Award; and (5) CASTME Ling Educational Engineering Award 2025.

The entries for Findel-CASTME Awards for the year 2025 be sent to kathnugent1@gmail.com before October, 31, 2025. The successful recipients of the award will be announced at the Association for Science Education Conference (ASE) to be held in early January of 2026 in England and publicised in CASTME Newsletter and website

The awards organizers add that the submissions assume permission for successful award entries and any accompanying photographs to be used in CASTME and FINDEL promotional materials. FINDEL will contact the award recipients for further action after the announcement of the awards. (see inset visual)

According to the awards oranzers, the CASTME contributes to the delivery of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), connecting educators, of all ages, in both formal and informal settings throughout the Commonwealth and beyond. It actively promotes the role of community and family in a child’s foundational learning and promotes the importance of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) in everyday lives.

The website informs, "The award scheme is run by the CASTME, established in 1974 to share best practice across the STEM disciplines and demonstrate STEM's importance to local environments, schools and communities. Awards are offered for educational projects addressing the social or human context of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Any group or individual involved in any form of education in the broadest senses, formal or informal, within societies can enter, including preschool, Primary or Secondary. Additionally, Tertiary education projects can be entered from schools, colleges, universities or communities."