The NISC will provide a state-of-the-art permanent infrastructure where students, teachers and the general public will be able to immerse themselves in a hands-on, interactive science experience in an informal learning facility. The aim is to bring science closer to the target audience and aid in increasing the number of students taking up science subjects at secondary level. In the long term this will contribute to the increase in Science and Technology professionals, thus giving Malta the much needed human capital to sustain a competitive knowledge-based economy.