Our Lady of Grace Senior High School in the Ashanti Region emerged as the best performing school
The menace of plastic waste management has taken centre stage following its significant impact on the environment leading to flooding among many other challenges.
The German Foundation Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Ghana Office in partnership with the Education Unit of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Ghana recently instituted the STEM plastic waste management competition, a flagship program aimed at fostering creativity and empowering Senior High School students to move beyond theoretical science and develop practical and community-relevant solutions to these challenges.
Addressing the press at the fourth edition of the National STEM Plastic waste management competition in Kumasi, Lawrencia Akosua Pomaa, Programs Manager, KAS Ghana, emphasised that the foundation believes that young people are needed to help solve the environmental issues of plastic waste .
“One of the major issues of plastic waste is flooding as experienced in the capital recently where people lost their lives. We believe that we need the next generation of young people who can come up with innovative solutions to these problems.
Plastic is not just trash, but are valuables that can be recycled to make money, thus, we want to show the entrepreneurial aspect of the plastic waste management through this competition,” she said .
In a speech read by James Otwey Junior on behalf of the Director of Ashanti Regional Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), observed that plastic pollution remains one of the greatest environmental challenges facing Ghana.
“Plastic pollution remains one of the greatest environmental challenges facing Ghana. It contributes to flooding as we just witnessed, pollution of our rivers and oceans, and poses serious risk to environmental and human health risks.
"Today's competition is not just more than a contest, but it is an opportunity for young people to demonstrate creativity,environmental responsibility, and practical solutions that can contribute to a cleaner and more sustainable Ghana,” he said.
Our Lady of Grace Senior High School in the Ashanti Region emerged as the best performing school at the STEM Plastic Waste Competition held in Kumasi.
The other competing schools were the Catholic Technical Institute, St Augustine's Senior High School and St Joseph Senior High School
Among the products presented Christmas trees made from plastic and other plastic materials for interior and exterior decoration.
Francis Batadjon, the General Manager of Catholic Schools, Ghana, said Catholic Education Unit is very pleased to be associated with this program.
“We want to look at the harm caused to our environment by plastic waste materials and to solicit ideas from our learners whose involvement, active participation and contributions in managing global challenges cannot be underestimated,” he stated.
The three winning positions received materials worth GH¢10,000. Certificates were also presented to the participating schools.
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