JETS Management Platform

About JETS

Junior Engineers Technicians and Scientists (JETS) is an initiative of the Ministry of Education that offers a dynamic platform for students, teachers, and young people to come up with innovative, human-centered solutions to the challenges facing their communities. Operating under the guiding principle of "Think Big Be Innovative," JETS encourages participants to address a range of pressing issues, including climate change, medical and healthcare, renewable energy, water scarcity, and environmental pollution.

The program empowers learners, youth, and teachers to develop innovative solutions that can be refined and showcased at JETS Fair activities held at various levels. These fairs provide a forum for young scientists to share ideas, identify best practices related to STEM, and learn from each other's experiences. Additionally, stakeholders with a strong interest in scientific research can mentor, develop, and commercialize promising innovations, thereby promoting sustainable development.

JETS Guidelines
Directorate of National Science Centre
© 2024 - 2026 Edition

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Objectives JETS Fair 🚀

Provide a platform for learners, youths, innovators, and entrepreneurs to showcase their scientific knowledge and bring out the best inventions and innovations.
Develop in learners, youths, innovators, and entrepreneurs a positive scientific attitude towards problems and challenges they face in life.
Create synergies among learners, youths, communities, and industries to foster new inventions and innovations.

Expected Outputs 📈

A platform for learners, youths, innovators, and entrepreneurs to showcase, use their scientific knowledge, and bring out the best inventions or innovations.
A more positive scientific attitude towards problems and challenges that learners, youths, innovators, and entrepreneurs face in life.
Synergies among learners, youths, communities, and industries in new inventions and innovations.

Targets 🎯

Encourage continuous progress in creativity, resourcefulness, and problem-solving abilities among the upcoming generation of innovators, engineers, and entrepreneurs.
Promote sustainable development through mentorship, development, and commercialization of promising innovations.
Align with the nation's development goals, as outlined in the Eighth National Development Plan and other developmental agendas, through the theme "Promoting Innovation, Engineering and Entrepreneurship: Accelerating STEM Growth and Development."

🌾 Agricultural Science

Agricultural Science concerns itself with the application of science to agriculture...

Sub-theme: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture in a Changing Climate

This theme will focus on encouraging participants to develop and showcase new or improved strategies and innovations for improving agricultural productivity...

⚗️ Chemistry

The “Chemistry for Sustainable Solutions” sub-theme invites participants from different educational levels...

Sub-theme: Chemistry for Sustainable Solutions

This theme will focus on encouraging participants to promote Chemistry Innovation by exploring the diverse applications of chemistry...

🔬 Physics and Renewable Energy

Physics is the science of matter and energy as well as the interactions between the two...

Sub-theme: Solar Energy Innovative Solutions

This theme will focus on encouraging participants to develop innovative solutions for utilizing the abundant energy in Zambia to address the country's energy needs...

💻 Computer Sciences

Computer Science is the study of computational systems and information technology...

Sub-theme: Innovative Solutions for Digital Transformation

This theme will focus on encouraging participants to develop innovative solutions that leverage computer science to help drive digital transformation...

📐 Mathematics

The study of Mathematics teaches how to use abstract language, work with algorithms, self-analyse computational thinking, and accurately model real-world solutions...

Sub-theme: Innovative Solutions through Mathematical Modelling

This theme could focus on encouraging participants to develop innovative solutions that leverage mathematics to help drive the architectural space for economic development in Zambia...

🤖 Robotics & AI

Robotics involves building robots whereas Artificial Intelligence involves programming intelligence...

Sub-theme: Robotic Solutions for Sustainable Applications in Zambia

The competition will challenge participants to design and build robotic systems that can assist with improving tasks...

🏥 Medicine & Health

This category focuses on studies specifically designed to address issues of human health and disease...

Sub-theme: Integrating Indigenous Medicines for Improved Healthcare in Zambia

In this category, the competition will challenge participants to develop non-conventional innovative solutions to address healthcare challenges in Zambia...

🍽️ Food Science & Hospitality

Food Science, Technology and Hospitality

Food technology involves the application of food science to the selection, preservation, processing, packaging, and distribution, use of safe food...

Sub-theme: Innovative Solutions for Value Addition

Participants will be judged on their use of local ingredients, sustainability practices, and creativity in developing new and exciting dishes...

🌍 Environmental Sustainability

This category involves innovations that include controlling human impact on and interaction with the environment in order to preserve natural resources...

Sub-theme: Green Innovations for a Sustainable Future

The competition will invite participants to submit innovative, practical, and scalable solutions to environmental challenges in Zambia...

📚 Academics(Qz & Olympiads)

Sub-theme: Exploring the Future of Zambia through Sustainable Solutions

The participants for the quiz will be required to write Olympiad tasks. Biology and Chemistry shall be written by one participant...