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FG Inaugurates Northwest STEM Centre

The Federal Government has inaugurated the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) centre for the northwestern geopolitical zone in Kano State  at the Government Secondary School (GSS) Rano ), Kano State.

An e-Library was also inaugurated at the Federal Government College (FGC), Kano.

The STEM projects are a component of the National Investment and Social Program N-SIP, under the N-Power programme of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.

The project, to be established in all regions of the country, is aimed at ensuring that public school pupils have access to digital learning materials.

STEM centre in Rano is equipped with 25 all-in-one desktop computers with 24inch Screen Intel 2.8 GHz quad-core, 25 desktop tables and chairs, one Projector of 5000 lumens, one magnetic white board, one WiFi Reuters multi-SIM and 18 Elegoo Robotics set.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, said the STEM project was conceived to provide technical platform that would aid modern teaching and learning of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics to pupils in some carefully selected Federal and State-owned science and technical secondary schools nationwide.

“The aim of STEM is to provide e-Learning facilities through the establishment of a State-of-the-Art Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and modern teaching content, to serve as a one-stop-shop environment for students in public secondary schools to have access to digital and updated learning materials in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, while also developing their ICT skills including the use of the internet for various purposes,” she said.

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The minister, who was represented by Permanent Secretary Bashir Nura Alkali, explained that the STEM project has two components -the setting up of the centres in the selected secondary schools and the training of the teachers in the schools selected.

“While STEM centres are established to give students of secondary schools the opportunity to have practical experience in digital learning platforms, the training component focuses on building capacity of teachers to significantly enhance learning of STEM.

“The programme is designed to equip and transform STEM teachers to deliver digital literacy through training, mentoring and provision of devices to aid teaching,” she added.

The minister appreciated President Muhammadu Buhari for his administration’s determined focus towards the development of young Nigerians in digital economy, which she said, the STEM project targets at.

Farouq urged Kano state to make the best use of the equipment which are to aid modern teaching and learning on Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics to students in the digital world of today.

Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Alhaji Usman Alhaji, inaugurated the Northwest STEM project and commended President Buhari ‘s foresight for the programme, urging the school children to concentrate on the learning of Science and Technology courses.

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“The STEM centre will be a source of development, not only to the people of Rano but the entire people of the region,” the governor said.

Kano State Commissioner for Education, Muhammed Sa’idu Kiru, assured “judicious use of the centre” in order to actualise the dream of the project. He added that the federal government has immensely promoted education in the north through the the feeding programme. “We are indeed grateful,” he said.

Source: Nation

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