As part of its efforts to advance STEM education, the government plans to officially establish a Creative Arts Senior High School in Kumasi, located in the Ashanti Region, in September 2023.

Prospective students who successfully pass the audition process will have the opportunity to enroll in this school, which is currently being constructed. The institution aims to integrate science and engineering into its art-focused curriculum.

The Education Minister, Yaw Osei Adutwum, made this announcement during the STEM Road Show held in Accra on Thursday, June 22.

The Minister highlighted the government’s commitment to ensure that students are moulded in the creative arts industry and emphasized that the backend and front end of creative arts will help the country in developing its human capital.

Dr. Yaw Adutwum disclosed, “Our creative arts Senior High School in the city of Kumasi under construction is going to receive students from across the length and breadth of Ghana.

It is going to be a boarding school, and you have to be auditioned to get into this school.

By September, I have been assured by the Ghana Education Service and Ghana TVET service, which are working together to ensure the operationalization of the school, that, the school will start enrolling students across the country.

He added, “And we will ensure the future of the country is moulded in the creative arts industry and other professionals who will do the backend of creative arts and front end of creative arts to help the nation in our search towards developing first-class human capital.

It is something that will put us at the forefront of socio-economic transformation. The world went through the second industrial revolution [steam engine]”.

“We are not jumping to full steam, however, we want to make sure that art courses are integrated into our STEM schools. So that we will create a well-rounded citizenry, and not just focus on engineering and other related courses,” Dr. Yaw Osei-Adutwum stated.

He further disclosed that the government has built a number of STEM schools in the country.

“More of these STEM schools are under construction, I’m excited about STEM schools in Kumasi.”