Tertiary establishments, particularly those in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) schooling, have been encouraged to zero in on updating their educational plans and courses to address the issues of the country's industrialization plan.
Teacher Jophus Anamuah-Mensah, Board Chairman of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) College of Science and Technology (CCST), who settled on the decision, said there was the requirement for the country's tertiary organizations to configuration courses that would assist with making and produce labor and products.
Prof. Anamuah-Mensah talking at the third graduation function of CCST at Kwadaso in Kumasi, said the nation's STEM training had throughout the long term, been primarily hypothetical absent any trace of reasonable direction.
"On the off chance that Ghana is to use on science and innovation and advancement to industrialize, then, we really want to upgrade STEM courses at the tertiary level to work on the personal satisfaction of our kin.
The plan of our educational programs should accordingly move from examination to creation or creation," he recommended.
At the pre-tertiary level, particularly the auxiliary level, he said understudies should be inclined toward courses that permitted them to participate in commonsense exercises, which focused on creation of labor and products.
"In this way, subjects, for example, designing, producing, advanced mechanics, coding and biomedicine ought to be acquainted as functional situated subjects with empower the understudies to make labor and products," Prof. Anamuah-Mensah expressed.
The graduation service saw a sum of 38 understudies graduating in different courses at the Master of Science and Master of Philosophy levels for 2021/2022 scholastic year.
It was held under the topic, "Science and Technology Education for Industrial Development."
Prof. Anamuah-Mensah recognized the CCST for ringing the way of producing graduates who delivered labor and products.
He said Africa stayed the most fragile connection in worldwide monetary turn of events, and it was significant for nations in the sub-Sahara, including Ghana, to industrialize and assemble their assembling foundations.
A push toward this path, he noted, was found in the United Nations (UN) General Assembly goal that proclaimed 2016-2025 as the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa.
"The year 2025 is just three years away, what have we done?" he asked, and encouraged African nations to endeavor and meet the plan.
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