EDUCATION

Bosomtwe to get STEM SHS
The Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has cut the sod for the construction of a Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Senior High School in Sawuah, a community in the district.

Date Created : 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Susana Danso/Ghanadsitricts.com

The building when completed will be a 21st century Senior High School for STEM education and is one out of the nine such facilities being put up nationwide this year after it was captured in the 2022 budget statement. The project, which is being constructed on a 27-acre land and has facilities such as classrooms, dormitories for boys and girls, various laboratories, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centers, Staff accommodation and others.


The MP hinted at plans to make the Bosomtwe District the hub of education in the Ashanti Region and the rest of the country and lauded efforts being made by various stakeholders and institutions in the district such as chiefs who have released the needed land for school projects and the district assembly which has also supported in the construction of schools among others.

Dr. Adutwum recounted how through his own effort and resources had sponsored 30 students to pursue various Engineering courses at the University of Mines and Technology at Tarkwa as part of the effort to support the development of Bosomtwe and the nation as a whole.


He added that 70 others will also be sponsored by him to go to various universities to pursue engineering this year to fulfill his desire to train 100 engineers from his constituency so they could enhance the development of the constituency and the rest of the country.

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for area Mr. Joseph K. Assumin, assured the people of more investment by the Assembly in the education sector to help empower the people, especially the youth to be ready for the job market.


He then urged the people to make it a point to pay their taxes since that is the means through which development projects they desired are funded from.