Currently Serving: 285 students
<aside> <img src="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" alt="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Summary of Team4Tech Contributions and Collaborations (2024):
<aside> 📌 Sitting under Rwanda Girls Initiative (RGI), Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology (GGAST) is an upper-secondary girls’ boarding school located in the Bugesera District, an hour south of the capital city of Kigali. The school is dedicated to educating and empowering girls of Rwanda to reach their highest potential. As a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) school, GGAST has an unwavering commitment to excellence and innovation in nurturing students to become leaders in the country in academic and entrepreneurial achievements that will help transform the nation and continent by developing the next generation of scientists, social entrepreneurs, advocates and thought leaders who will bring new insights and solutions to the biggest global challenges we face.
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To support GGAST’s vision of leading in innovative education, Team4Tech will deepen ICT professional development to empower GGAST’s faculty to lead workshops for other local Smart public schools. Team4Tech will introduce GGAST’s faculty to Project Based Learning and Maker activities in preparation for an Innovation/Maker space. In the next 3-5 years, GGAST plans to build an Information Technology Center to house a Makerspace and computer-based programs. GGAST would like to design and develop a more detailed strategy and vision for the center.
Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology: Case Study
<aside> <img src="/icons/library_gray.svg" alt="/icons/library_gray.svg" width="40px" /> GGAST puts their grant budget towards:
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