Education Ministry revamps B-STEM programme; 3,100 schools to receive resources

Chief Director of the Ministry of Education, Lydia Obenewah Essuah, has announced a major boost to science education in Ghana, revealing that more than 3,100 basic schools nationwide are being equipped with modern science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) resources.

Speaking at a handing-over ceremony in Accra on November 25, 2025, she described the delivery of STEM kits as a significant milestone in reviving a programme that was first implemented between 2012 and 2016.

According to her, the initiative, now operating under the expanded B-STEM programme, was reinvigorated in late 2024 after years of delay, with a renewed focus on aligning basic education with national development needs.

“Our curriculum encourages inquiry, creativity, and problem-solving, but these depend on access to the right tools,” she said.

“These STEM kits, digital devices, and laboratory resources will allow teachers to bring lessons to life and support practical learning.”

Essuah noted, however, that the success of the programme rests heavily on teacher readiness, revealing that the rollout is accompanied by continuous professional training to ensure educators can effectively integrate the tools.

She added that global shifts in artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology, and renewable energy demand that Ghana train a new generation of innovators from the basic school level.

The latest phase of the distribution will see 299 schools in 29 districts of the Greater Accra Region benefit from the new resources.

Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Ernest Kofi Davis, underscored the need to build STEM interest early, stressing that the foundation must be laid at the primary and junior high school levels. He said more than 350 teachers have already received training in modern STEM teaching strategies.

Prof Davis further disclosed that 1,000 junior high schools and 4,400 primary schools are expected to receive additional equipment under Phase One of the expanded programme, with a long-term plan to extend STEM learning tools to kindergartens to establish a continuous learning pipeline.

Chief Executive Officer of iTEC Global, Sam Godding, detailed the approach to nationwide training and distribution.

Regional advisors, he explained, have trained district trainers, who will in turn train one mathematics and one science teacher from each beneficiary school.

Each school is receiving over 1,000 items, including robotics kits, polygon sets, geoboards, test tubes, beakers, calculators, laptops, projectors, and other teaching aids.

“So far, around 3,000 schools have already been supplied, with another 500 to follow shortly,” he said.

When completed across three phases, the project aims to reach 10,000 junior high schools, 14,000 primary schools, and 14,000 kindergartens.

Greater Accra Regional Director of Education, Hajia Katumi Nagtomahttah, praised the Ministry, GES, and iTEC Global for what she described as an important investment in the future of Ghana’s learners.

She assured stakeholders that the equipment would be well protected and properly utilised, urging teachers, headteachers, and learners to embrace the practical learning opportunities the materials provide.