Otumfuo STEM Festival launched to find problem-solvers and promote science education [Video]

The quest to finding problem-solvers to critical societal challenges from the Ashanti region is on as the Committee for Asantehene’s 25th anniversary celebration officially launches the Otumfuo STEM festival. 

In collaboration with the Ashanti Regional Education Directorate, the competition would see 50 basic and senior high schools in the Ashanti region showcase their innovative solutions to societal challenges. 

Selected from the over 2,000 basic schools and senior high schools in the Ashanti region, at least fifty schools will be participating in the maiden Otumfuo STEM festival.  

The academic decathlon would see participating schools showcase various technology-based projects to challenges in sanitation, agriculture, and other sectors of the economy. 

The competition is in celebration of the Asantehene’s silver jubilee anniversary and in line with the king’s initiative to promote education in the region. 

Chairperson of the 25th anniversary committee, Juabenhene, Nana Otuo Siriboe II, believes the competition would hone the skills …