Adonten shs student wins fawe competition for African girls

This was at the finals of the FAWE STEM Fair held in Nairobi, Kenya on August 14 and 15, 2014.

Organised at school and country levels by FAWE National Chapters from February 2014, FAWE Ghana Chapter was selected among 15 countries to organise STEM competition among six senior high schools.  The schools were: Aburi Girls, Adonten, Aburi Sec. Tech, Methodist Girls, Mamfe Diaspora Girls (Obodan) and St. Martin’s, Nsawam Senior High School (SHS).  

The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), pioneering champion of education for African girls has just hosted its second Science and Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) competition across 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.  It was aimed at accelerating the development of creativity and innovation among girls and decisively increasing the number of female students engaged in STEM at school and eventually in the national and continental economy.   The FAWE STEM Regional Fair for girls was initiated as a mean

These young innovators, together with Ms Adeline Bedjabeng, science teacher and mentor from Adonten SHS joined 28 other finalists and mentors to participate in the FAWE STEM Fair and Award Ceremony.  Also present at the event were Professor Esi Sutherland-Addy and Honourable Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang outgoing and incoming members of the FAWE Regional Executive Committee respectively.  

Out of the 30 projects presented from the 15 sub-Saharan African countries, a Ghanaian, Abigail Mortey’s innovative, creative and well-documented project was adjudged the best.  She received an award of mobile phone, a pen drive and a laptop.  However, all the contestants received certificates of participation and tokens from sponsors INTEL and ASUS.

The remarkable thing about Abigail is that she is reading General Arts.