Elsie Effah Kaufmann Fapem a ɛwɔ hɔ no
Elsie Effah Kaufmann Foundation (EEKF) yɛ ahyehyɛdeɛ a ɛnyɛ mfasoɔ a ɛyɛ adwuma de ma STEM (nyansahu, mfiridwuma, mfiridwuma, ne akontabuo) adesua tu mpɔn wɔ Ghana.[1]
Elsie Effah Kaufmann hyehyɛɛ EEKF wɔ Accra wɔ Ɔpɛpɔn 27, 2022.[2] Fapem no botae ne sɛ ɛbɛdi mprempren nsonsonoeɛ a ɛwɔ STEM nkyerɛkyerɛ mu wɔ Ghana no ho dwuma denam nnwinnadeɛ a ɛhia a wɔde bɛma asuafoɔ de ayɛ nhwehwɛmu a ɛtrɛ, a mfasoɔ wɔ so wɔ nsɛmti no ho.[1][3][4]
Fapem no botae ne sɛ ɛbɛma wɔate ase na wɔakyerɛkyerɛ mpɔtam hɔfo mfaso a ɛwɔ STEM nkyerɛkyerɛ a mfaso wɔ so so na afei nso ɛbɛka nnwuma ne nhomasua ntam biakoyɛ ho na ama ayɛ mmerɛw.[5]
Bue ano
[sesa]Fapem no a wɔde sii hɔ wɔ aban kwan so no sii wɔ July 27, 2022, wɔ Accra. Nhyiamfo a wofi nyansahu asoɛe ahorow a ɛwɔ Ghana no baa guasodeyɛ no ase. Na ananmusifoɔ a wɔfiri Ɔman Nkyerɛkyerɛ Badwa, GhanaThink, West African Examination Council (WAEC), U.S. Aban Nnanmusini, ne ahyehyɛdeɛ foforɔ a wɔagye din wɔ ɔman no mu nso wɔ hɔ.[3][6]
Elsie Effah Kaufmann Foundation (EEKF) yɛ fapem a ɛnyɛ mfasoɔ a ɛhwehwɛ sɛ ɛbɛma STEM adesua nkyerɛkyerɛ atu mpɔn wɔ Ghana. Fapem no wɔ anidaso sɛ ɛbɛdu saa botaeɛ yi ho denam deɛ ɛbɛma asuafoɔ anya nneɛma a wɔhia ama adesua a ɛkɔ akyiri na wɔde nsa ayɛ wɔ nteɛsoɔ no ho, Elsie Effah Kaufmann Foundation (EEKF) botaeɛ ne sɛ ɛbɛhyɛ nsonsonoeɛ a ɛwɔ STEM nwomasua mu mprempren wɔ Ghana no ma.[7]
Fapem no botae titiriw ne sɛ ɛbɛsakra nyansahu ho adesua koraa afi mfiase, anaasɛ afi mfitiase gyinabea a ɛsen biara. Esiane sɛ mprempren mfitiase adesuakuw anan kosi asia di adesua nhyehyɛe foforo a egyina gyinapɛn ahorow so na esi nyansahu a mfaso wɔ so so dua nti, fapem no de n’adwene si so.[8][9]
Bio nso, na EEKF no bɛtete nyansahu akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ ma wɔasiesie wɔn yie sɛ wɔbɛkyerɛkyerɛ asɛmti no wɔ ɔkwan a ɛbɛhyɛ asuafoɔ nkuran sɛ wɔnkɔyɛ STEM mfuo mu.[10]
Effah Kaufmann wɔ bere a wɔde sii hɔ no kyerɛɛ sɛnea wɔyɛ ahoɔden wɔ bere a wɔde sii hɔ no, na ɛmaa nyansahu baa fam koduu onipa a ɔte ase no gyinabea. Ɔkyerɛɛ ahɔho no ɔkwan titiriw bi a wɔfa so nya tumi na ɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ mu sɛ bere a adesua kɔ so no, wɔma anigye no ba na wɔde si so kodu baabi a ɛyɛ den. Wɔkyerɛɛ ahɔho no sɛnea wɔde plastic a wɔde akata so, kɔbere nnadewa ne zinc nhama, ‘banku’, ne nkyene bɛma kanea a wɔde yɛ kanea ahoɔden. Wɔn a wɔkɔɔ nhyiam no yɛɛ plastic batere na wɔde kɔbere nnadewa ne zinc nhama, ‘banku’, ne nkyene sɔɔ bɔlɔb no.[6][11]
'Project Alpha'
[sesa]Dwumadi yi botae ne sɛ ɛbɛma nyansahu nkyerɛkyerɛ ne adesua a ɛwɔ Ghana Sukuu ahorow mu no ayɛ ahintasɛm na wɔasan nso akamfo nyansahu a wɔde asi hɔ wɔ sukuu ahorow mu no nni dwuma na ama nyansahu nkyerɛkyerɛ ayɛ nea mfaso wɔ so kɛse.[8][9][12]
Wɔde saa adwuma yi sii hɔ sɛ "Afe biako nkɛntɛnso a nyansahu ho adesua a mfaso wɔ so nya wɔ mfitiase sukuu ahorow mu" no fa, de kaee EEK Fapem no afe a edi kan a ɛkɔɔ so wɔ Britania Bagua a ɛwɔ Accra no. Asuafo ne akyerɛkyerɛfo a wofi sukuu bɛboro ɔha mu de wɔn ho hyɛɛ nyansahu mu nnwuma a mfaso wɔ so ne nea wɔde nsa yɛ mu wɔ saa dwumadi yi mu.[13]
Elsie Effah Kaufmann a wakyerɛ ade na ɔne nyansahu mu adesuafo pii adi nkitaho wɔ mfe no mu no wɔ awerɛhyem sɛ sɛ wɔde nkyerɛkyerɛ a mfaso wɔ so kɛse bɛma asuafo fi mfitiase sukuu mu a, ɛbɛyɛ sika a eye sen biara a wɔde bɛto wɔn mu.[8]
Kaufmann si ntɛmpɛ a ɛwɔ saa nhyehyɛe yi mu so dua denam ka a ɔka sɛ, “Bere a nsakrae bɛba ne mprempren, awofo, akyerɛkyerɛfo, ne sukuu ahorow, yentumi nnye yɛn ho ntom. Yɛrentumi ntua sika mma nsakrae mprempren. Yehia nsakrae no. Boa yɛn ma nyansahu nyɛ nea mfaso wɔ so kɛse. Boa yɛn ma yɛn nhomasua nyɛ nea ɛfata kɛse.” [8][9][12]
Dwumadie no nam ayɔnkofa a ɛda fapem no ne Dext Technology ntam, a ɛma nyansahu mu kit no wɔ hɔ ma nhyiamu a wɔde di dwuma no.[8][12][14]
Sɛ́ adwuma yi fa no, wɔma nyansahu nhyehyɛe a ɛyɛ adwuma sɛ aduruyɛdan a wɔaka abom no ma sukuu ahorow no a edi ɔhaw a mfitiase sukuu pii hyia no ho dwuma efisɛ wonni nyansahu mu nneɛma a ɛfata. Afei ɛnam saa dwumadie yi so no, Asuafoɔ bɛtumi de saa nhyehyɛeɛ yi ayɛ nhwehwɛmu ahodoɔ a ɛbɛma wɔn nsaano adesua mu suahunu atu mpɔn na aboa wɔn ama wɔate nyansahu mu adesua ase kɔ akyiri.[8][9]
Afei nso sɛ Project Alpha no fa no, Elsie Effah Kaufmann Foundation de mmoa a ɛfiri Dext Technology Limited hɔ ma intanɛt so atenaeɛ a wɔmfa hwee nto mu de di STEM (nyansahu, mfiridwuma, mfiridwuma, ne akontabuo) nhyehyɛeɛ akyi, asusu, na wɔahwɛ so wɔ ɔman no mu nyinaa.[9] STEM Mmara kwan no atirimpɔw ne sɛ ɛbɛma mfitiase sukuu ahorow no mmara soronko bi bere a wɔakyerɛw wɔn din no, na ama wɔatumi awie na wɔasɔ nyansahu mu nnwuma ahorow a mfaso wɔ so ahwɛ.
Afei na mpanyimfo a wofi Ghana Nhomasua Dwumadibea (GES) ne West African Examinations Council (WAEC) no mu de nkontaa a egyina nnwuma yi a wɔawie so bɛma.[13] Wɔayɛ atenaeɛ no nso sɛ ɛbɛboa wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho ahyɛ STEM afuom no mu no ahwɛ, asusu na wɔatua akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ ne asoɛeɛ a wɔatu wɔn ho ama sɛ wɔbɛma asuafoɔ nsaanodwuma STEM nkyerɛkyerɛ a wohia.[14]
Nkɛntɛnso a Fapem no Nya
[sesa]- Fapem no wɔ afe baako pɛ mu, atete akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ wɔ Ghana mantam nsia mu na wɔanya asuafoɔ bɛboro 15,000 so nkɛntɛnsoɔ.[13]
- Efi bere a wɔde STEM Mmara intanɛt so dwumadibea a ɛyɛ Dwumadi Alpha no fa no sii hɔ, na bere a wɔde kyerɛw wɔn din fii ase no, sukuu ahorow 650 akyerɛw wɔn din sɛ wobenya adwuma no so mfaso.[13]
- Wɔ Ghana no, sukuu ne akontaabu bɛboro 200 reyɛ nsakrae wɔ nyansahu adesua nhyehyɛe foforo a wɔde ma mfitiase sukuu ahorow no mu esiane nkɛntɛnso a Project Alpha anya nti.[12][14]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NSMQ mistress Elsie Kaufmann launches foundation to promote STEM". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ↑ "Professor Elsie Kauffman Launches Stem Foundation". GhScientific (in American English). 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Faith Ayorkor, Mensah (2022-07-28). "NSMQ mistress Elsie Kaufmann launches foundation to promote STEM". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ↑ Awal, Mohammed (2022-08-02). "1000 schools to receive practical science education support". The Business & Financial Times (in British English). Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ↑ Awal, Mohammed (2022-08-02). "1000 schools to receive practical science education support". The Business & Financial Times (in British English). Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Professor Elsie Kauffman Launches Stem Foundation". GhScientific (in American English). 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ "NSMQ mistress Elsie Kaufmann launches foundation to promote STEM - GhScientific" (in American English). 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 "Demystify teaching and learning of science – Elsie Kaufmann". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana (in American English). 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Amoh, Emmanuel Kwame (2023-09-02). "Celebrating a Year of Transformative Science Education: Prof. Elsie Effah Kaufmann's vision for practical learning in Ghana | 3News". 3news.com (in American English). Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ Awal, Mohammed (2022-08-02). "1000 schools to receive practical science education support". The Business & Financial Times (in British English). Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ Awal, Mohammed (2022-08-02). "1000 schools to receive practical science education support". The Business & Financial Times (in British English). Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Demystify teaching and learning of science – Elsie Kaufmann". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Elsie Effah Kaufmann Foundation launches free online platform to promote STEM education". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana (in American English). 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Amoh, Emmanuel Kwame (2023-09-02). "Celebrating a Year of Transformative Science Education: Prof. Elsie Effah Kaufmann's vision for practical learning in Ghana | 3News". 3news.com (in American English). Retrieved 2024-03-31.