The Ashanti Regional finals of the 2025 Senior High Schools Renewable Energy Challenge took place on Friday, May 30, 2025, at the Kumasi Technical Institute, with Opoku Ware School emerging as regional champions. The school scored an impressive 83.3% to clinch the top spot and will represent the Ashanti Region at the national competition, with the date to be announced by the Energy Commission.
Out of several participating institutions across the region, 10 schools qualified for the regional finals. These were:
- KNUST SHS
- Esaase Bonteefuo SHS
- Obuasi Sec. Tech.
- Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ SHS
- St. Monica’s SHS
- St. Michael’s Technical Institute
- Sekyedumase SHTS
- Bosomtwe Girls’ STEM SHS
- Opoku Ware School
- T.I Ahmadiyya Girls’ SHS
Unfortunately, T.I Ahmadiyya Girls’ SHS failed to appear for the contest on the day of the finals.
The event began with an opening address by the Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Dr. William Kwame Amankrah-Appiah, who urged students to see the competition as an opportunity to develop 21st-century skills needed to solve real-world problems. He encouraged the students to be bold, take initiative, and become agents of change.
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Students from the various schools presented their renewable energy projects, which were judged on innovation, feasibility, and relevance to local needs. The presentations drew admiration from both the panel of judges and the audience present.
This challenge, initiated in 2019 by the Energy Commission of Ghana in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service, seeks to promote renewable energy education and innovation in second cycle institutions across the country. It also aims to help students explore clean energy solutions using locally available materials.
With their victory, Opoku Ware School will now prepare to compete at the national level, where they will face other regional champions for the ultimate title in renewable energy innovation among Ghana’s Senior High Schools.
