New Basic School Curriculum to include AI and Robotics as STEM Rollout Widens- President Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that a new basic school curriculum currently in development will formally include Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, covering artificial intelligence and robotics.

This forms part of a wider push to give every Ghanaian child access to practical science education from an early age.

The President made the announcement on Friday at the launch of the Basic School STEM project in Sawla, the first stop on his two-day Resetting Ghana working tour of the Savannah region. 

He said the goal is to ensure children build familiarity with STEM subjects at the foundational level, so that by the time they advance to higher education, they are well-grounded in the material.

President Mahama said more than 5,000 schools have already received STEM equipment under the ongoing rollout, and that the programme would be scaled up to reach schools yet to benefit. 

He added that a teacher training component is running alongside the equipment distribution to ensure qualified personnel are ready to deliver the new curriculum.

The President said the traditional way of teaching science and mathematics had pushed many students toward the arts and humanities, and that a hands-on, practical approach would change that trend. 

He recalled from his own schooling that subjects like mathematics were taught in ways that discouraged rather than engaged students.

“We want to decentralise STEM so that every Ghanaian child has the opportunity to learn science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in an easier manner than we have taught it in the past,” he said.

The Basic STEM programme is part of a broader effort by the administration to rebalance investment toward foundational education, which President Mahama described as the bedrock on which all other levels of learning depend.

Richard Aniagyei, ISD