By Lindsay Abbey Mensah
Global Engineering Technology Group (GET) of John Wesley Methodist Basic School has received the ultimate prize for the best project in tackling societal challenges in the 2023 Ghana Science and Tech Explorer Prize competition.
Hosted at the Accra International Conference Centre, the winners took home seventy thousand Ghana cedis (GH₵ 70,000) worth of STEM equipment for their school and a citation from the sponsors and organizers.
AquaSentry of Service Primary/JHS and Light Bearers of El-Ntiaddo School Complex-Abaam from the Eastern Region won the 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up, respectively.
Other teams and individuals were also recognized for their efforts in the programme.
The 2023 Ghana Science and Tech Explorer Prize (GSTEP) challenge brought together creative young innovators from three regions: Greater Accra, Ashanti, and Eastern regions. One hundred teams exhibited their invented projects.