Accra, April 6, GNA – Coderina Edutech, an education technology organisation, has donated robotic kits to the Ministry of Education to facilitate the learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in the basic and secondary schools.
The items were 17 robotic competition sets, 13 robot kits and 1 3D printer.
They were presented to Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Education, who, in turn, presented them to the Ghana Education Service for selected schools expected to participate in this year’s robotic competition, scheduled for May.
Mr Ben Amoakoh, the Director, Coderina Edutech, said the organisation had trained young children in robotics for the past years to enhance their knowledge in STEM.
“We have trained more than 150 schools with over 5,000 participating from pre-schoolers to high school students for college and careers in technology,” he said.
Mr Amoako noted that Coderina Edutech guided the students to build complex robots for intense competition through the First Robotics Competition.
“We have built robotic laboratories in some senior high schools to ignite the passion of STEM education in the country,” he said.
Mr Iddrisu commended Coderina Edutech for the support, expressing the Ministry’s commitment to associating with it to improve STEM education.
He said the government supported the introduction of Artificial Intelligence, but that should not make students lazy, adding; “The future is about STEM.”
The Minister announced the STEM revolution in Ghana by deploying kits to upper primary four and six in the next academic calendar.
He said the biggest challenge was the lack of employable skills, however the government would work to address the issues to produce competitive students for the global markets.
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