Member of Parliament for Pru East, Emmanuel Kwaku Boam, is proposing the inclusion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in all schools, particularly rural schools.

The lawmaker has said he proposes to push and cover the rural areas to widen the positive impact on nation-building.

“STEM education is actually the lifeline and backbone of all nations and their development, and we can’t leave anyone behind. Resetting Ghana includes everyone, and the huge potential in the rural children to achieve academic glory to raise the needed human capital cannot be lost in us,” he said.

He is therefore asking the government through the education minister to get all the Ghanaian students especially those in rural areas to be at part and par with other students.

The lawmaker argued that the approach will help the true meaning of educational transformation in the rural areas to take charge of the revolution of technology in Ghana.

The MP who outlined real challenges in the rural areas and thereby serving as a barrier to their upliftment in their academic journey.

He though acknowledged the previous government established STEM in some areas but added all Ghanaian schools must have STEM facilities attached.

His proposal comes on the back of specialised STEM schools in some areas in the city centres to the detriment of other students in the smaller communities which to him will defeat inclusivity and universality which cardinal principles of education in its true meaning.

The MP has adopted a STEM quiz in his constituency to create awareness among students in the basic and at the secondary levels.

Mr Boam has asked the government to help prioritise the programme for the benefit of rural students to propel them to change their communities so Ghana can begin to find localise solutions, ideas and ways of solving teething challenges of development.