Centre for School and Community, Science and Technology Studies

SACOST
SACOST is a Pan-African material development and documentation centre located at the University of Education, Winneba. It was established on June 19th, 2000 by the African Forum for Children's Literacy in Science and Technology (AFCLIST). This was after AFCLIST decided to have a centre of excellence whose pre-occupation would be to fashion out ways by which school science could be linked to Community knowledge of science and technology as well as that in the workplace in order to promote meaningfulness through the production of curriculum materials.

Vision
To promote interdisciplinary research and development activities related to science and technology in indegenous, informal and formal manufacturing industries in order to improve science and technology on the African Continent.

Mission Statement
As a centre of excellence, SACOST shall cultivate relevant research competence, publication Proficiency and quality knowledge for linking community and work place science and technology with that of school at the pre-university level.

In this regard, the centre is spearheading research and multimedia material development activities aimed at unearthing the science and technology concepts embedded in informal and indigenous practices in Ghana and other African countries. In addition to this, the centre daily seeks ways and means by which their findings could be seamlessly woven into school science curriculum in an attempt to indigenise science and make it more familiar and relevant to learners.

http://www.uew.edu.gh/sacost/