Ajumako District pips Asikuma and Ekumfi in Zonal STEM quiz. 5/26/2025.

Ajumako District pips Asikuma, Ekumfi in Zonal STEM quiz

The Ajumako District, represented by the GESDI ‘B’ Basic School, has won against the Ekumfi and Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Districts in the second edition of the Standard Assessment Solutions (SAS) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) quiz at the Zonal level.

GESDI obtained a cumulative 41 points in the keen contest to beat Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa’s Christian International School and Ekumfi’s Narkwa Methodist Basic School, which obtained 40 and 39 points respectively.

The four-round competition tested the contestants’ knowledge, speed, and ingenuity with practical questions from Maths, Science and Technology.

The SAS STEM quiz was organised concurrently in five zones and involved 15 of the 23 districts in the Central Region.

The winning districts, including Ajumako, have booked their tickets to the final stage of the competition to battle it out for the ultimate prize.

Mr. Mawuena Kofi Abotsi, the Mathematics and Science Coordinator for the Ajumako District, said the quiz was intended to promote healthy competition among basic school, to improve student performances.

He commended SAS, an examination body in the Central Region, for the initiative, saying it was a great way of giving back to the society.

Mr. Abotsi acknowledged the gradual improvement in STEM education across the districts but expressed disappointment in the students’ performance in the competition.

“Their performance was not encouraging. We were expecting more but when we came here, we were all surprised by their performance,” he said.

He said the education offices were constantly working to advance the teaching and learning of STEM in their respective districts, indicating that basic STEM required the combination of career technology, computing and science to improve performance.

Mr. Abotsi stressed that the use of computing technologies and how to apply various concepts were some of the challenges facing the district, but they were doing their best to improve upon the situation.