The Savannah Regional Education Directorate received BSTEM equipment on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, to enhance learning in the region’s basic schools. The items were received from the Ghana Education Service’s Science Education Unit (SEU) in collaboration with i-tec global, an NGO that supports science education in the country.
Receiving the items, the Savannah Regional Director of Education, Bright A. Lawoe, expressed gratitude to the government for the generous donation, which he said would significantly enhance BSTEM education in the region. He noted that this would make science education more practical-based, ending the era of theory-based learning. The items received included calculators, computers, projectors, and other equipment.
“If we want to develop as a nation, science holds the key, and that’s why we’re doing this,” he said. He hinted that this is the first phase of the project, which will initially focus on selected schools across the region and may be extended to other schools if successful. He assured that the region is ready to keep the equipment safe and promised proper use and accountability.
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The Regional STEM Coordinator, Taibu Ibrahim, said that while STEM education in the region was previously focused on senior high schools, they have now realized the need to introduce it at the basic level. To this end, some selected teachers were trained on how to handle BSTEM courses in basic schools.
“BSTEM will be an easy thing for students at the senior high level if they get the basics at the junior high level,” he said. However, he acknowledged that not all junior high schools have BSTEM centers, but noted that the project includes provisions to ensure that all schools get well-equipped and designed BSTEM centers.
The items were further distributed to the various district and municipal directorates in the region.
