Flag bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo wants Ghana’s education to be thriving on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) saying the trend is establishing economic transformation in other worlds.
“The focus of what is being done here is clearly what we want to give to our educational system in the next fifty years. … We have to find a way of restructuring and reorienting our educational system so that Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics become the driving force. All the countries in the world that have made the transformation that we are committed to doing in Ghana have had to pass through that route. It’s extremely important for us in Ghana to come to an understanding that this has to be the goal for us. So to come and see Ashesi doing this first-hand is very refreshing and extremely encouraging,” he stated.
He stressed the point when he paid a visit to Ashesi University after gracing the installation ceremony of Nana Osae-Sekyie as a sub-chief of Berekuso-Asebe.
Mr Akufo-Addo said the future of this country could be set properly by “unleashing the energies of our people: the sense of enterprise and the sense of creativity of the Ghanaian people…”
He continued: “We live in a country where people tend to believe that everything has to be done by the state, whether in education, driving the economy or social welfare,” adding that: “It is the exact opposite of what some of us believe.
On the part of the President of Ashesi University, Dr Patrick Awuah, he said the University is committed to promoting the trends of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, but also said we’re also very engaged in the education of good citizens and leaders, who have empathy and concern for their society, and who are committed to solving problems.”
He acknowledged the visit of the opposition leader-Nana Akufo-Addo and his entourage.
“Such attention from the leadership of our country for the next generation is very important,” he said.
