Galaxy international School has organized its 13th annual science fair with students thrilling their guests with high tech scientific solutions to numerous challenges affecting the world.
The science fair is an annual program on the school’s calendar which creates the opportunity for students to display their scientific acumen and to help suggest scientific solutions to emerging challenges of the globe.
In an address to open the fair, the managing director of the school, Mr Yussuf Tamizkhan, told the gathering that the core principle upon which the school is built is to train the future leaders of the world, indicating that the next generation of world leaders must not be passive scientific observers but well grounded scientists since science provides all the solutions to the challenges of the world.
Mr. Temizkhan further noted that Galaxy International School has over the years worked assiduously towards encouraging students to take up scientific challenges; this has seen the students from the school compete successfully in the international world. He noted that in 2017 alone students of the school have participated in science related competitions in Kenya, United States and in Ghana.
Mr. Samuel Ntow, GES director for Private Schools praised Galaxy International School for playing a lead role in offering private education in Ghana. He indicated that Galaxy School was foremost in infrastructure and the Ghana Education Service is impressed about the efforts the school is making in impacting the most modern form of education in Ghana.
The acting director of the Ministry of Business development, Joe Tackie, indicated that the government of Ghana is not oblivious of the impact of science on business and indicated that government was interested in partnering the school to bring out the future scientific gurus.
The students displayed numerous projects ranging from mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry. According to the principal of the school, Mr Hakan Karaman, the works displayed by the students were guided research by the students. Teachers of the various subject areas provided a guide for the students to effectuate their talents.
Some of the scientific works displayed included environmental impact assessment, decreasing water waste using soil moisture in farming, hydroponic farming, city of geometry, the golden ratio and its impact on everyday life among others. In all about 55 projects were displayed from archeology to zoology.