SDG 4 targets align with potential applications of Easy JavaScript Simulations (EJS)

Several of the SDG 4 targets align with potential applications of Easy JavaScript Simulations (EJS), especially in creating interactive learning tools and promoting equitable, inclusive, and quality education. Here’s how EJS could fit into specific SDG 4 goals in Singapore's context:

1. SDG 4.1 (Quality Primary and Secondary Education)
   EJS can be used to create interactive simulations for primary and secondary education, offering students engaging tools to explore subjects like physics, mathematics, and science. These tools promote effective learning outcomes, enhancing accessibility to complex concepts through simulations that visualize real-world phenomena.

Interactive Simulations for Physics https://sg.iwant2study.org/ospsg/index.php/interactive-resources/physics
Mathematics Simulations https://sg.iwant2study.org/ospsg/index.php/interactive-resources/mathematics
Science Simulations https://sg.iwant2study.org/ospsg/index.php/interactive-resources/science

2. SDG 4.3 (Equal Access to Affordable Tertiary Education)

3. EJS can be incorporated into technical and tertiary education to offer affordable, interactive learning tools in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Interactive simulations can reduce the need for costly physical labs, making quality education accessible to more students.

4. SDG 4.5 (Eliminating Gender Disparities and Ensuring Inclusive Education)
   Simulations created using EJS can be designed to be gender-sensitive and accessible to all learners, including those with disabilities. For example, adjustable parameters, text-to-speech options, and simplified interfaces can ensure inclusivity. Interactive tools also help children from vulnerable situations by providing hands-on learning opportunities that adapt to different learning needs.

5. SDG 4.7 (Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education)
   EJS can support education on sustainable development, environmental science, and global citizenship. Simulations can model sustainable practices, energy conservation, and ecosystems, helping learners understand and engage with sustainability concepts. This would also contribute to promoting cultural diversity and awareness of environmental impact.

6. SDG 4.A (Upgrading Education Facilities for Inclusivity)
   EJS offers a way to build digital education environments that are inclusive and non-violent, providing effective learning for all. These simulations can be used in classrooms to create safe, engaging, and inclusive spaces where students can explore subjects at their own pace.

7. SDG 4.C (Increasing Qualified Teachers)
   EJS can serve as a training tool for teachers, helping them to engage with interactive learning technologies and STEM simulations. Teachers can use these simulations to enrich their teaching methods and explore ways to integrate technology into lessons, improving education quality.

• Educators as Designers of Simulations using EJSS https://sg.iwant2study.org/ospsg/index.php/events/1162-20230327-brown-bag-educators-as-designers-of-simulation-using-easy-javascript-simulation-authoring-toolkit-ejss 
• WebEJS Workshop for Teachers https://sg.iwant2study.org/ospsg/index.php/events/1237-20240718-24-web-ejs-beta-workshop-by-francisco-esquembre-and-felix-j-garcia-clemente-supported-by-moe-cpdd1-registration-for-web-ejs-workshop-18-24-july-2024
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Incorporating EJS into Singapore's efforts toward these SDG 4 goals aligns with building a future-focused, tech-driven educational landscape while ensuring inclusivity and access for all learners.

sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/19439Singapores_Voluntary_National_Review_Report_v2.pdf

✔ SDG 4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes. ✔ SDG 4.2 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and preprimary education so that they are ready for primary education. ✔ SDG 4.3 By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university. SDG 4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship. ✔ SDG 4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations. ✔ SDG 4.6 By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy. ✔ SDG 4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development. ✔ SDG 4.A Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, nonviolent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all. NA SDG 4.B By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries. ✔ SDG 4.C By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States.