The Federal Government has unveiled the North West zone of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) project in Kano State. Unveiling the project, yesterday, at Government Secondary School (GSS), Rano, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouk, disclosed that 218 schools had been slated to benefit from the project. xHOWEVER, the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has explained that the country remained technologically backward because it kept producing engineering graduates without requisite skills to manufacture. COREN also blamed the country’s failure to join the International Engineering Alliance Washington Accord (IEAWA), formed in 1989 to regulate engineering practices across the world. The council said it wanted a system where students could design and produce what Nigeria would consume, while creating jobs for themselves and others.

Source: The Guardian September 22, 2021 03:56 UTC