The Legacy Girls College has organised a science fair to introduce budding female students to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

The maiden event which took place at the School’s premises in the Eastern Regional town of Akuse also sought to encourage female students to develop practical scientific solutions.

Organised under the theme ‘Artemis Generation,' the Fair saw several students exhibit their scientific models after weeks of preparation.

Head of the Science Department, Michael Quansah, said the Institution hopes to turn the odds by changing the narrative about the male dominance in the field.

“Roughly, we used three weeks in preparing the girls to come out with these fantastic projects. Normally, we start working with these students after school. So far it’s been very involving but very tiring.”

“I must say the teachers in my department have done really well and I am very proud of my students because looking at the projects they’ve exhibited, they are amazing,” he said.

Some of the students, after partaking in the Fair, said they were inspired.

Maud Aseye Gankui hopes her dancing robot will in the near future bring smiles to distressed children.

“I presented on a dancing robot and a few circuits and solar panel. My experience was very wonderful and very insightful. When we learn Integrated Science and we see open and closed cell, I didn’t know what it was about but using my experiment, I was able to remember everything.”

“In future, I really want to help people out there. My dancing robot could make a child laugh and could bring a beautiful smile to her mother,” she noted. 

Some of the students said they were ready to start their journey to become world renowned scientists.

“Through it all, we’ve been able to gain more knowledge in Physics and learn new things. I hope to help the world and the society with the problems of water shortages. With the use of wind, we can be able to power pumps that will produce water for people.”

“The project I worked on was a 3D Hologram Projector and I really enjoyed explaining all the facts about the physics aspect of this topic. I will like to become a civil engineer or a software engineer,” some of them shared with JoyNews.

Principal of the School, Nancy Duah, believes a lot of strides have been made in girl-child education but there’s more to be desired.

She opines that girls must be at the center of STEM education.

“I think women can multitask more than anybody else; so, educating the girl child means that empowering her, encouraging her to be able to impact her generation positively. You know girls have always been placed in a certain category that they are in the house, they are in the kitchen.”

“Our girls have demonstrated that we cannot keep the girls in one corner and think that they can only do maybe the home sciences or certain professions only…girls can do anything. We know that from the experiment of the Fair, they really understand and they’ve been able to apply [what they learnt],” she noted.

Legacy Girls College is an all-female private school in the Eastern Region that provides a holistic and competitive curricular to students with an innovative approach to teaching and learning.

They hope to train the next generation of excellent human resource for the country and the world.