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GSTS Giantbot1 at the 2018 Robofest World Championship in Detroit, Michigan

On Thursday May 17th, I set off to Southfield, Michigan to witness the 19th Edition of Robofest obviously because my former school GSTS was participating in the Championship. According to the website of organizers (https://www.robofest.net/), “Robofest is a festival of competitions and events with autonomous robots that encourages students to have fun while learning principles of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and Computer Science. Students design, construct, and program the robots.” Click here to read the story.

Reviving Technical Education At GSTS After Robofest 2018

The Ghana Secondary Technical School Alumni Association (GAA) has been on a mission these past three years to revive interest in technology and science education at GSTS. That desire was underscored in our recent fundraising event to sponsor our school’s robotics team, GiantBot1, the current National Robotics ARC Champions, to the 2018 Robofest Competition in Southfield, Michigan and to Massachusetts for an educational tour. Click here to read the full story.

GSTS Alumni inaugurates new executives

The Ghana Secondary Technical School [GSTS] in Takoradi in the Western Region over the weekend ushered into office its new Alumni Association executives.

The new executives, led by Giant Rtd. Wg. Cmdr. William Eugene Kekrebesie, among other things are tasked to steer the affairs of the Association and to bring on board other ‘Giants’ across the globe who have “gone astray”, to unify the alumni and to work in their bit to improve the conditions in their Alma-Mata. Click here to read the full story.