The Head of Robotics at CKBS Robotics which is a technological institute specialised in STEM education, Mr Kingsley Adjei Baah has called on parents to ensure their wards are enrolled in schools where the Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) education is part of the curriculum.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghanaian Publisher at CKBS maiden African Artificial Intelligence(AI) and Robitics competition and exhibition program as well as the launch of CKBS’ news office in Accra yesterday, Mr Adjei Baah explained that the STEM education is the key to innovation and job creation in the world now, hence people who lack this education are going to be found wanting in their job search after completion of school noting it is crucial for parents to ensure their wards acquire such knowledge to position them better on the job market in future.
Mr Adjei Baah further hinted that the argument being made by some people on Robotic technology as Artificial Intelligence capable of increasing the already existing canker of graduate unemployment is false stating it is rather creating opportunities for people who have acquired the STEM education.
Speaking at the Robotics Competition for selected schools in the country and a school in Nigeria, Administrator/Student’s Affairs Coordinator at CKBS Robotics, Roslyn Oparebea Avagar pleaded with the government to create conducive avenues for institutions that have taken it upon themselves to offer the STEM education to students. She noted that even though governments over the years have been advocating for STEM education, there haven’t been any measures put in place to make the teaching and learning of the discipline easier as import duties on robots procured to teach people are higher and most schools also do not have computer labs for the smooth learning.
Madam Roslyn further urged the Ghana Education Service (GES) and schools to imbed STEM education in the main curriculum instead of making it an extra curriculum activity to make it possible to allocate ample time for its teaching and learning.
Some pupils who participated in the CKBS maiden African AI and Robotics competition and exhibition program expressed their excitement and showed appreciation for the knowledge they’ve acquired from the STEM education and for participating in the AI Robotics competition stating the education they are acquiring is going to put them in better positions on the job market in the future as the world advances in technology and AI.
