STME Clinic for students opens

Cape Coast (C/R) Sept. 8, GNA - Mr Koomson Barnes a Science Technology and Mathematics Education Coordinator (STME) of the Abura-Asebu-Kwman Kese District on Monday stressed the need for science teachers to be given the requisite training in science project development.

According to him, this would enable them to impact such skills to students and pupils.

Mr Barnes made the call in an interview at the opening of the STME clinic for 120 students and pupils including 20 boys from his district, at the Aggrey Memorial Secondary School in Cape Coast. The STME Coordinator pointed out that project development was a skill and regretted that most science teachers lack the requisite skills to aid their students.

Mr Barnes compared project presented by the participants this year with those presented last year and said last years projects were better. He attributed this year's performance to the limited time given for the presentation of the project, lack of funds to acquire materials for the project and inadequate supervision on the part of the teachers.

Among the project mounted at the clinic this year are an incubator, periscope, sawmill, and some detergents, including soap.

Mr Andrew Mensah, District Chief Executive expressed happiness that the clinic has enabled more girls to take up science subject.

He announced that the assembly has allocated about 600 million cedis of its share of the common fund to the education sector and was also sponsoring 80 teachers in training colleges.

Most of the participants who spoke to the GNA commended the government for instituting the clinic and suggested that more girls participate in them.