The best option would probably to fix packages which don't list a main category to mention Education or the other best matching one. One extra menu category would require to pick between Education and Science which is not ideal
-- desktop files with Category=Science; don't show in the menus https://launchpad.net/bugs/47426 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs