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<\/p>\nFive hundred schools in the United Kingdom will soon receive educational resource packs including a Science Set, made by Ghanaian startup, Dext Technology Limited.<\/p>\n
The move is a collaboration between the Ghanaian company and the Royal Academy of Engineering with support from Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund and Global Challenges Research Fund.<\/p>\n
The Science Set is a practical science laboratory that has been made small enough to fit in students\u2019 bags and on the desks to enhance the understanding of science courses.<\/p>\n
The Resource Box as it is called is expected to help build the capacity of students\u2019 creativity and introduce them to a problem-solving approach as well as innovation for education in basic schools.<\/p>\n
It will also be used to teach students about smart homes, green energy, electronics and vertical farming.<\/p>\n
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The Box <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n
The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation Resource Box has tools that help teachers introduce students to important concepts relevant to the 21st-century learner.<\/p>\n
The box contains two Dext Science Sets, a supercapacitor, solar panels, materials for building a robot car, motors, materials to build a manual and electric water pump as well as other electronic components.<\/p>\n
They can also be used to perform activities in wind power generation with lessons on the environment, plastics and vertical farming.<\/p>\n
There will be one of these resource packs in all 500 schools with plans to increase this number as teachers and students discover its benefits.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is our desire to get this kind of kits to schools in Africa and all across the world,\u201d Co-founder, Charles Ofori-Antipem, hopes.<\/p>\n
The project <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n
The goal of the project is to show teachers what available resources can inspire young students to take on engineering and create solution for the world\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n
The project will use finalist in the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation to illustrate how engineering is used to solve problems.<\/p>\n
The beneficial projects to be used include Smart Havens Africa by Anne Rweyora, Majik Water by Beth Koigi, SolarKoodo by Safiatou Nana, The Vertical Farm by Paul Matovu, Elo-Cart by Kenneth Guantai and Muzikol by Nges Njungle.<\/p>\n
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After a series of discussions and assessment of what Dext Technology had to offer, PR Manager Caleb Fugah, in a statement said, \u201cWe were contracted to supply our internationally accepted award-winning Science Sets together with extra resources that can be used to teach fundamental 21st-century skills in 500 schools across the UK.\u201c<\/p>\n
He continues that, \u201cas part of the collaboration we were tasked to design activities and lessons that will enable the effective use of these resources. \u201c<\/p>\n
Why Dext?<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n
The innovation by Dext Technology Limited, The Science Set, is one of the leading African EduTech innovation startups effecting change in STEM education in Africa.<\/p>\n
The SCIENCE SET provides the most cost-effective and least intimidating way to introduce students to innovation, problem solving and technology.<\/p>\n
In addition to this, the innovators use a very agile design process enabled by 3D printing and laser cutting to quickly prototype and redesign material to make them cost effective and easy to use.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurthermore, our flexibility as a company enabled us to work together with the Royal Academy of Engineering to design lessons and activities they were engaging and pedagogically rigorous,\u201d Mr Fugah added.<\/p>\n
Dext Technology <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n
Dext Technology is a Ghanaian start-up based in Kumasi in the Ashanti region that develops tools for the effective teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.<\/p>\n
Our vision is to bring students a 21st-century education that focuses on problem solving, innovation and creativity.<\/p>\n
The science set, was adjudged the most innovative education solution on the continent by the African Union in 2018.<\/p>\n
It recently won the ultimate prize at the MTN Heroes of Change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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