Students from Wesley Girls Senior High School in the Central Region will represent Ghana at the FIRST Global international robotics challenge to be held in Mexico City in August 2018.
Each participating team is required to raise $25,000 to enable them participate.
STEMbees, a non-profit organization in Ghana that seeks to empower Ghanaian girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, announced this.
The organization in 2017 trained and sent six girls from Archbishop Porter's girls School to the inaugural edition of the robotics competition where they were one of only six girls teams in a field of over 160.
The Ghanaian team which built and presented a robot at the event met U.S First Lady Ivanka Trump, Ghana’s ambassador to the USA as well as the wife of Ghanaian politician, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom.
According to Linda Ansong, founder of STEMbees, the 2018 version, to be held in Mexico is an opportunity to build on the work of last year’s team.
“Last year’s participation was difficult to put together but we managed with a bit of support. We are going to Mexico with the aim of improving on our achievements last year and also exposing these young women to what their potential isâ€, she said.
FIRST Global invites one team from every nation to participate in an international robotics event that builds bridges between high school students with different backgrounds, languages, religions, and customs. By bringing these future STEM leaders together in an engaging and collaborative competition that drives home the importance, excitement, and applicability of STEM education, FIRST Global inspires students to learn the skills they will need to make the discoveries their parents and grandparents would consider miracles, impossibilities, or just plain science fiction.