The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has cut sod for works on the first tertiary-level government-owned training institution built solely for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) instructors in Ghana.
When completed, the Namburugu STEM College of Education, located at Karaga in the Northern Region, will train persons desirous of teaching STEM in Senior High and other schools across the country.
Speaking at the ceremony on Sunday, 14th July, 2024, Vice President Bawumia emphasized that the Government’s commitment to transforming the education sector to respond to the changing dynamics of the 21st century remains as strong as ever, and the construction of the tertiary STEM training school is further testament of this resolve.
“This government continues to invest heavily in the Education sector. This commitment is evident in many ways, including the provision of Free Senior High School Free TVET education; building new, modern ICT-based schools; construction of specialized STEM High Schools, one of which is not too far from here, in Kpasinkpe, and recently, the supply of Tablets to students in SHS.
“Today’s ceremony to signal the construction of a tertiary institution to train instructors for our schools is further evidence of our determination to prepare our children for the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” he explained.
