The Obuasi Senior High Technical School from the Ashanti region is the winner of the 2024 STEMNNOVATION competition.
The five-member team presented a project on Environmental Sustainability with a solar-powered home-made dialysis machine to convince the judges who had no option than to give the award to them.
For emerging winners, they were presented with a GH50,000 cash, two Laptops, some assorted books and GH20,000 insurance coverage for each of the winning team members.
DABOKPA Technical Institute from the Northern region on the other hand placed second with a spectacular project of an electric tricycle and an electric bicycle.
They also provided samples of charging systems for the charging of the machines, which were demonstrated at the competition.
General AwardsÂ
For their prize, they were presented with GH40,000 cash, a laptop and assorted textbooks.
Yaa Asantewaa Girls Senior High School from the Ashanti region placed third with a prototype water filtering machine and took home GH30,000 cash, a laptop and assorted books.
Presbyterian Senior High School, Legon (PRESEC) placed 4th with a project on Smart Incubator for hatching chicken. They took home GH20,000 cash, a laptop and assorted books.
Awards were presented to 20 out of 56 contestants who made presentations and their prizes ranged between GH50,000 to GH10,000 in addition to books, laptops and plaques.
The three-day contest created a platform for the students to pitch their projects, which aimed at solving societal challenges and the nation as a whole.
Evidence of transformation Â
Speaking before presenting the awards, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister for Education, said the projects submitted by the contestants were evidence of the ongoing transformation in the nation’s education sector.
He praised the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his vision and support towards the transformation of the nation’s education space.
The Education Minister who is the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe praised the leadership of the Free Senior High School Secretariat for their hard work towards the organisation of the completion.
He also commended the NEIP and all other partners who contributed towards the successful organisation of the event.
Protecting the transformationÂ
Dr Adutwum announced that the changes that are taking place in the country’s education sector needed to be sustained by voting for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the December 7th election.
The Education Minister cautioned Ghanaians not to repeat the mistake they made in 2008 where they voted the party out of power leading to the reversing of the gains made by the former President Kufuor’s administration.
Continuity of STEMNNOVATIONÂ
The Chief Executive (CEO) of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Mr Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, pledged to liaise with investors to commercialise the innovations from the students. He also pledged to continue supporting the organization of the competition, which is gradually discovering innovators among students in the second cycle institutions.
By Felix Baidoo
