Take Keen Interest in Science and Mathematics - Minister

Take Keen Interest in Science and Mathematics - Minister

Narration: A Regional Science, Technology and Mathematics Education Clinic (STME), has been held at Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region. The four –day programme which was attended by 240 students from various districts in the region, was on the theme: “Promoting Quality Science and Technology Education for Sustainable National Development”. In an address, the Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Mrs. Lucy Awuni urged the youth to accept the challenges of the fast changing world which automatically makes science and technology literacy indispensable by taking keen interest in its study at school. Isaac Asare has the rest of the story.

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The STME which is an integral part of the wider national campaign aimed at developing and maintaining a science and technology culture among Ghanaians, particularly girls for national development was instituted as a project in 1987 with the main objective of bridging the gap between the field of science and technology and the promotion of gender balance in the study of and application of science. It also provides an ideal atmosphere for exposing the youth in general to STME and help bring out the best in them in the area of science and technology. Addressing the participants, the Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Mrs. Lucy Awuni said, as students, it behoves on them to take advantage of the opportunity given them to pursue science, mathematics and technology courses at higher institutes of learning for the accelerated development of the region and the country as a whole. She commended the various stakeholders who in diverse ways, contributed to the development and success of the programme over the years. The Regional STME Co-ordinator, Veronica Ayamba, who expressed grave concern about the low enrolments of girls in schools and the subsequent low representation of women in all fields of endeavour. She attributed the continuous existence of hunger and diseases in Ghana and Africa to lack of requisite knowledge in science and technology despite the enormous natural resources that abound in the African continent. Mrs. Ayamba, therefore entreated the youth to take the study of Mathematics and Science seriously in their respective schools since the future lies in their hands. The headmaster of the Bolgatanga Senior High School, Didacus Afegra, commended the government for reintroducing the programme, which he said, had been abandoned for the past years and urged the girls to develop keen interest in STME programme to enhance their educational career. Certificates were later awarded to students who excelled during a science and mathematics quiz competition.

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