Professor James Hawkins Ephraim, Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University College of Ghana, Fiapre, has urged stakeholders in Education to concentrate on the promotion of the practical use of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education.
He noted that the study of Science, Technology and Mathematics has virtually not been utilised in our national developmental processes.
“To ensure that Ghanaians utilize Science for sustainable national development, our Science Education should not be geared towards the production of ‘book-worms’ who have memorized theories and are ready to pour them out,” he stated.
Professor Hawkins Ephraim, who was speaking at the 2009 Brong-Ahafo Regional Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (STME) Clinic, in Sunyani, stressed that the teaching of Science and Technology “must produce graduates who have practical exposure; endowed with critical thinking; and can express most of the scientific observations, theories and concepts using the most appropriate scientific language.”
The week-long clinic was held for 475 students of Junior High Schools.
It was attended by 22 district coordinators of STME and District Directors of Education, under the theme, “Promoting Quality Science and Technology Education for Sustainable National Development.”
