A science fair aimed at grooming Ghana’s future innovators had been held at Galaxy International School.
The 12th Science Fair was held at the premises of the school’s new ultra-modern Senior High School building located at Adjiringanor, East Legon, Accra.
The fair was aimed at bringing to bear the need for all to be aware of the role science plays in our daily lives, and the comfort it brings.
Pupils of the school between the ages of three and sixteen showcased various science experiments in physics, chemistry, biology, social sciences and the arts at the fair.
The one-day fair attracted students from other schools as well as parents who came to share in the joy of science.
Opening the fair, the Managing Director of the school in his address stated that “Learning is not a spectator sport. Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers.
They must talk about what they are learning, write reflectively about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives, they must make what they learn part of themselves”.
“The aim of organizing this event among many others is to teach students to practice what they learn in theory in the classrooms so that they are able to use the knowledge gained to understand new concepts, make well-informed decisions and pursue interests.”
He thanked the Government of Ghana for supporting the school, as well as parents and teachers who made a decision to for quality education at Galaxy.
He said the fair would be organized every year to enable students develop understanding from questions based on the knowledge they already have and the insight they wish to gain in future.
The Director General for Education of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Jacob Kor, who graced the occasion, stated that students must always be given the opportunity to increase knowledge, stressing the need for the country not to be a consumer of science but also a producer.
He added that knowledge does not end anywhere not even in death, hence the need for the country to take science much more seriously.
He commended management of the school for striving towards excellence and quality education.
Mr. Kor was taken to the various stands to witness what the young scientists had been working on in the course of the academic year. In all, there were about 70 stands displaying not only scientific projects but covered other areas such as Maths, Arts, French and ICT among others.
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