Robotics becomes a subject of instruction in primary schools

General News on Tuesday, June 4th, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-06-04

Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Deputy Minister of Education for Basic and Secondary Education, announced that robotics, a branch of science, would soon be taught from the basic level.

This, he said, followed the triumphant victory of the Meghis (High Methodist High School) in an international competition held in the United States, beating Japan, Korea and the United States, two giants technology, especially during the 19th edition of the Robofest competition.

He added that the exploits of the Meghis team, who represented Ghana, had clearly shown that Ghana had the potential to exploit robotics as a subject of study and that, as a result, , the ministry would like to continue in this way.

Announcing this to the Akwasidae chiefs and people of Kyidom / Mamfe traditional council in collaboration with the traditional Akuapem region, the deputy minister also said that one of the coordinators who have trained the team to victory Mr. Ben Amoako, would be absorbed by the Ghana Education Service.

An endowment fund of 5,000,000 cedis was also established by the Kyidom / Mamfe Council for the scientific activities of the Methodist High School for Girls.

According to Dr. Adutwum, the girls' victory was not a small task, especially since some of the countries they contested, such as the United States "Robotics is taught from the basic level, and so to those girls who did not start robotics high school to beat them, it's a great honor. "

Mr. Ben Amoako, an individual who was hired by the school to coach the 10-member team, in addition to Paulina Ansaa Captan, an old school girl who finished the school. ;last year. The duo led the school to win the Robofest contest.

Dr. Adutwum congratulated the traditional council for taking the initiative to create the endowment fund to strengthen the potential of the team and pledged government support to ensure the full realization of the project. objective of the fund.

Okere MP and Minister of Regional Reorganization and Development, Mr. Dan Kwaku Botwe, said the girls' performance should encourage all girls to think that the education was not the boys' reserve.

He noted that recently it had been reported that girls in Ghana's junior high school were smoking narghile, adding that "the success stories of these girls must be told everywhere to encourage girls to sit down".

Mr Botwe announced the contribution of the Eastern Caucus of Members of Parliament to the endowment fund and to the improvement of education as a whole in Akuapem and in the eastern region.