The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana and Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), H.E. Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has on Sunday July 14, 2024, cut sod for the construction of Ghana’s first STEM College of Education at Karaga, in the Northern Region, which is designed to solely train teachers for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in Ghana.
AaASpeaking at the ceremony, he said, “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 specialised 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,” Dr. Bawumia added.
The Namburugu STEM College of Education will serve as the principal supply of instructors for the many STEM schools established by the government across the country. The first phase of the project is scheduled to be completed by the end of November this year.