The Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) Ghana Foundation has commissioned and handed over an ultramodern robotics Centre worth GHS 2.2 million for the Methodist Girls Senior High School in Mamfe in the Akuapem North Municipal of the Eastern Region.
The gesture, according to Ghana’s leading telecommunication network is to help enhance the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education of the school.
“The Mamfe Methodist Girls SHS has won the World Robotics and Coding competition two consecutive times that is why we saw the need to build this 100-seater capacity robotics laboratory for them to encourage more female students to pursue STEM education in school because it pays a lot,” says MTN.
Speaking on development, the Board Chairman of the MTN Ghana Foundation, Professor Franklyn Acheampong Manu stated that their foundation over the past 25 years had handed over ICT Centers, Food processing centers, Libraries, and hospital blocks among others and they were able to make an impact because of the strong partnerships and collaboration they had with the communities, so “what we are witnessing at MEGHIS demonstrate what we can achieve when we come together to champion a worthy course.”
“We want to play a role in driving digital and financial inclusion and bringing the benefit of technology to everyone as a result they have set aside 75% of their annual spent to STEM and ICT projects and are determined to do their best to help tackle the widely digitized skills divide in Ghana through impactful projects such as the Mamfe Methodist Girls SHS robotics center,” Professor Acheampong Manu added.
The Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. Ntim Fordjour noted that the African child possesses the skills required to thrive and the skills needed to make a difference at home and abroad and that is why the government continues to invest heavily into the educational system for a better future for the youth.
He added the recently launched 1 student 1 tablet policy by President Akufo Addo is a good initiative that will help make studies easier for the learners in Ghana.
The Deputy Education Minister assured the leaders of MTN Ghana Foundation that they will put the facility to good use.
In her welcoming address, the headmistress for Mamfe Methodist Girls SHS, Madam Winifred Seibu Authur said that the government through the Education Ministry finds it worthy to make MEGIS one of the smartest schools that can boast of over 2,000 tablets which would go a long way to help the students in their studies.
On behalf of the Students and management of Methodist Girls Senior High School, Madam Winifred Arthur showed her gratitude to the leaders from MTN Ghana Foundation for their kind gesture noting that the edifice will benefit other schools in the Akuapem municipality as well.
Source// Obohnewsonline.com.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
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