STEM Promotion Road Show Launches in Accra

The maiden edition of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) promotion road show has been launched at the Accra High School in Accra.

The road show, organized by the Ministry of Information in collaboration with the Ministry of Education have put together a number of activities to showcase and allow the entire country to have a deeper understanding of what is being done.

It also create an opportunity for parents and all stakeholders within the education value chain to have a deeper understanding of STEM and Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) agenda.

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Launching the show, the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said one of the instruments that determine how far a country could go globally was the quality of its human resource.

He said human capital development was a matter that was of grave concern to this government, stressing that In Ghana, the governments of Ghana and in particular the Akufo-Addo administration believes in investing in human capital development.

He said the government does not only believe in investing in human capital in general but specifically paying attention to a number of sub-sectors like STEM and STEAM.

On his part the Minister of Education, Yaw Osei Adutwum said the road show was to enable the good people of Ghana to see the investment the government was making into the future of the country.

He said the President is making a lot of investment into the education of the children in order to provide a brighter future for the country.

He said the whole concept of STEM was to offer the youth an opportunity into the fourth industrial revolution.

He noted that the government continued to invest in education by constructing ten brand new STEM schools and also upgrading about 20 existing senior high schools into STEM schools.