Member of the Global Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics (STEM) alliance, Ben Amoako, has said that there will be no need to seek experts from abroad if the students take the initiative seriously.
In an interview with Kwaku Dawuro, on Movement In The Morning, on Movement TV/Wontumi radio, Mr Amoako noted that as part of the benefits of STEM to the nation, students will be able to find solutions to problems, which will lead to the end of going after experts abroad, at the expense of local experts in Ghana.
In response to the future of STEM in the next five years, he said that ”because STEM is a problem and project based, every time the child is on the look out for a problem to solve. If we continue that way, in the next five years just like the boy who built a car on his own and has now been taken in by Kantanka, we will witness a lot of children with results oriented projects and not exams results.
We are looking for innovations that seeks to help the country, so in the next five to ten years, if we hold it well and let our children concentrate on the STEM education, Ghana would not need to seek experts from abroad.”
The STEM education program is a national initiative to improve access to science, technology, education, and mathematics resources and programs for students of all ages, and all socioeconomic backgrounds.