Fiapre (B/R), July 12, GNA – Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister, has advised students to study and practise what they are taught to help them to understand the subjects, their application and benefits.
Madam Owusu-Banahene gave the advice when she was addressing the closing ceremony of a Chemistry Festival organised by the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) and Ghana Chapters of Chemistry Society at Fiapre in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono region.
The four-day event, on the theme “Chemistry Recreates Nature” was held with the support of the American Chemical Society (ACS), one of the largest problem-solving societies globally and was designed to portray the study and importance of Chemistry to ignite interest in students of both Junior and Senior High Schools.
The participating students included those of the UENR Chemical Sciences Department, Sunyani Senior High School (SHS), Odomaseman and Notre Dame Girls SHSs.
Others were the Twene Amanfo SH/Technical School, UENR, Odomase Presbyterian and Ridge Experimental Cluster of Basic Schools.
Madam Owusu-Banahene stated, “chemistry is life and life is chemistry because its application is needed in all aspects of daily human activities”.
She therefore encouraged chemistry teachers to endeavour to make teaching and learning of the subject interesting for young students, especially the females for them to learn to the higher level to contribute to the general well-being of the global society by the effective application of its knowledge.
Professor Ingrid Montes Gonzalez, the leader of ACS delegation in an interview with the Ghana News Agency said, “the environmental preservation and sustainability is one of the benefits in the study of chemistry.”
However, that could not be achieved without inculcating the habit and love for the study of it and its related sciences into children from the early stage of their academic lives, Prof. Gonzalez added.
Improving the study of chemistry would also contribute immensely to the accomplishment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly the goals four, seven and 13, she noted.
According to Prof. Gonzalez, the study of chemistry could provide possible solutions to transform the world and address its emerging challenges in areas such as climate change, energy, hygiene, food and nutrition.
GNA