Engineering education in Ghana | Dr. Elsie Effah Kaufmann | TEDxOsu

[@esenamdeborah]

I wish the nation hears this!! This is full wisdom. God bless you Ma’am

[@henryansah2616]

Video is 3 years old. I’m from the future and I’m telling you this fell on deaf ears

[@jamesmuhammad5341]

Finally I see what I have been seeing since I move to Ghana. I never understood why all the imports of products that can be produced Locally here. Thank you for the enlighten talk for Engineers.

[@sediepremps]

We need more of these talks on Our television and radio stations to create awareness of these issues because the ghanaian educational system is rotten

[@phillyop338]

Dr. Elsie God bless you for your insights and passion 😿🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

This Video must be played back on Metro TV or TV3 Ghana Limited so that people can reflect upon it. However the entertainers are always on TV at the expense of the Smart Brains out there.

[@codgod3736]

There's no lie about the fact that the best students are forced into medicine even by parents... Really inspired as a Chemical Engineering student.

[@b.kodzoofori1491]

This is the type of information which should get to the Education minister, if not already.We need to take " problem solving education" seriously.Afterall,the devices we import are designed/ built by engineers,taught the SAME SUBJECTS.....but with a different approach!

[@wilsonkomla6521]

My contribution to this talk is that at best the system and our tutors are least motivated to help us develop. I believe this is why Foreign Governments would always award scholarships to our brilliant graduates to pursue postgraduate education and remain in their countries. Brain-drain is still in the system, let's ward it off. It's killing dreams and washing ashore many valuables.

[@victorabew5906]

A total paradigm shift is needed: family, society, educators, policy makers, consumers...

[@evelynagyepong6974]

Oh what a wonderful story indeed. Challenges are required for that bold step!

[@kwamenkrumah8752]

A summary of her solutions: 1. 16:35 Partner with NGOs, Social Entrepreneurs. 2. 16:52 Reach parents to make them understand that their children may have passion for something other than what they want. 3. 17:15 Put aside the old Imported Solutions mentality and challenge the students to believe in their given talents. 4. 17:43 Focus more on practical training, government and all investors can make it happen. 5. 17:55 Let’s change the attitudes of the students to learn how to solve real life problems (not schooling to seek for jobs). 6. 18:04 Now let’s reward them when they begin to solve the problems. 7. 18:12 Now let’s change our educational system to allow those who have the real passion for engineering even when they pursued a different course.

[@jonasasare5775]

I wish there's thing more than like that I can give to this video. This very informative and put a challenge for us the youth. Thank you madam for such a great talk

[@harunasuale8953]

Impressive indeed.We really need to put on our thinking caps🙌

[@divinaking4179]

Waow, I am encouraged and enlightened.

[@geogs_art]

Always begins with the mindset of the people in the country. If a country can change it start with the people living in it.

[@_Be_Still]

more than two years and only 5 comments and 3,000 + views. This should tell you how Ghanaians are not interested in STEM stuffs. If you want to make Ghana great, make it the frontier of science

[@kompila]

It's a pity. The youth aren't interested!

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

This is a cultural problem so how do we deal with this total lack of respect for the Engineering and the Social and Medical Sciences. This has been happening since the 1990s and the early 2000 and early 2010s,

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

The problem is that Engineering is also a very broad field with so many sub fields that one does not know what to do unless one gets counselling and understanding.

[@NtandoMbele]

Africa as a whole has this problem!

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

The reason is that Engineering Major is not popular because of the hard Math Content and besides Medecine is very popular together with Business Courses. So major Numbre one is Medecine. No 2 is the Business Major. No3 is the humanities and other courses on offer. No4 is the language majors like French German and Spanish.

[@davidkingjunior9494]

I really want to meet this women...... she has a lot I need

[@stanasasu8857]

Very insightful! Thanks for the food for thought.

[@blissbenji8516]

yes Madam. It is possible and we trust that together the upcoming generation will bring in the needed transformation

[@tildag.9809]

Why depends on another generation when we can start making a difference now?

[@juansabretuo6671]

So who are the 2 people who disliked this video

[@betaman2009]

It's not about the number or curriculum. Like any system suffering from quality problems, the process is the first place to check. I like the point about Zero tolerance. That's exactly where the issues are stemming from. People are being discouraged from SPENDING TIME to EXPERIMENT and HONE their SKILLS Students in Ghana doing engineering often don't go for attachments. Labs are non scoring. Etc Thats the problem with education. We aare not trying hard enough

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

I dont blame them the main key is pass your courses and to be happy with the certificates that one earns. The student culture is about chew pour and pass. It is quite prevalent in Legon Tech and other Schools within Ghana as much as possible.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

Actually even US and UK Schools have problems in their educational system. No system is perfect and we ought to appreciate the modalities of our Educational system. We need reform about education from the KG on to the primary School so that our young ones can have a sound Mathematical foundation as they move up the Academic ladder.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

I am part of that culture and it is found in all the high Schools and Universities throughout the Land of Ghana in West Africa.

[@betaman2009]

@@jamesbedukodjograham5508 agreed

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

@@betaman2009 Tell me more about your beliefs about Education In Ghana.

[@josephdanquah1471]

Nice one ways of promoting Engineer programs

[@miezahblayerzuah3922]

God: Here is my beloved daughter in whom I am well pleased.Listen to her. GES: mtsweeeew

[@dennisasamoah2213]

this is really good

[@VILLAGEBWOUY]

This is amazing ❤❤❤

[@emmqnuelagbozo8702]

Engineers fixing irons in hospitals and prototypes being stored as artefacts in offices... Totally relatable story. The very best students being forced into medical schools and the second best into engineering... Totally relatable story What's the fate of the thirds and rest? Where do the politicians fall?

[@jabulanisena6288]

Thank you madam

[@megatronDelaMusa]

if only Ghana could have more female intellectuals compared to slay queens. And if only the media lenses could focus on intellectuals, it promote and stir intellectual curiosity.

[@chichibrenner1025]

Great mentor

[@hatilee6638]

A lot negative points about your own university engineering faculty. Since you been in the field for so many years, so what have you and your faculty members been doing. You and your faculty should have influenced the government, private sector and industry leaders and of course your hundreds of students. The whole Ghanian culture of innovation should challenge for a breakthrough.

[@philipachiok1211]

They have made the system in such a way that everything innovative goes through the politician who is not interested. Got it?

[@lammuri]

Unfortunate that the social sciences have been left out of her definition of engineering yet a number of the challenges she recounts might be solved by the social sciences. For example the reluctance of local hospitals to try locally engineered solutions and the reason they gave ie foreign products always work. The Social sciences do address society's problems and acknowledgementof this could actually the STEM agenda..

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

On this score I am with you Totally.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

The Engineers also need to include the Social Scientists so that problems can solved especially in the context when are our people are so keen to make money by even doing Sakawaa and the twin of the Narcotics Trade.

[@thetradersheight4264]

this story was told for about two years and a half , and are still living in a dilemma . what actually is going . Am zoglossu

[@richardpetitadjakonor8596]

Good stuffs

[@afiapomaailluminator5076]

A sad story

[@esenamdeborah]

This is serious… about no accountability, our leaders are mostly interested in their pocket and that’s just it. They only do what they have to do to survive. This is really bad “chew and poor sorrrr”

[@williedellah8090]

Self actualization in Ghana, let stop the importation of solutions and solve our own solutions. We’ve the engineers to solve our problems but we look down upon them, because the are not internationally accepted. We need a president in Ghana to be our problem solver not debt accumulator like the NPP. Mahama afa.

[@broaikings9527]

Pretty fine brilliant lady

[@theyolarbi]

*UMaT? Oh nice*

[@joylm9108]

Her intentions are good but she doesn't understand how economics factors into her ideal thoughts.

[@frankadu6214]

Yeah our engineering education system is not helping the nation. What about Kantanka?

[@khalidquadmill3339]

my pain about Ghana.....

[@divinaking4179]

👏👏👏👏

[@techuser2655]

i wish to meet you 1day

[@williedellah8090]

NPP, engineers of thieves!! Why not invite ‘Kantanka’ to solve our transportation problems, agricultural problems eeii. Is it because he not recognized internationally?? oooooh! A Ghanaian cannot become a billionaire??

[@thetradersheight4264]

very sad fellow

[@squirrelsgarden]

Too many Oburoni's in attendance. We shouldn't allow these people in our events.

[@phyllisacquah-allotey3437]

Why shouldn't we allow them?

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

Common stop that Racism White people are also human beings.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

White people can be invited to our events and they should be made to feel welcome.