The National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, through its Southeast Advanced Space Technology Applications Laboratory, SE-ZASTAL, has commenced a turn-around space technology applications promotion among secondary schools in the South-East region.
The Coordinator, SE-ZASTAL, Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Mr. Andrew Onwusulu, made this known while declaring open a training outreach held for 442 students on Tuesday at the Federal Government College, Okposi, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
According to him: “The space applications promotion outreach was part of activities designed for secondary students to sharpen their intellectual capability in science and technology innovations.”
The programme was tagged “Capacity Building for Young Minds: Benefits of Space and Technology Applications.”
The principal of the school, Mr Frank O.A. Omale, outlined in his opening address the significant importance of the training as a means of expanding the knowledge of space science to the people at the grassroots.
Omale urged the students to be serious with their studies, describing it as a great opportunity for FGC, Okposi, to be selected first on the list of schools mapped out for such training in the Southeast States.
The school principal observed that no nation can survive the present struggles without adequate involvement in space technology and its innovations.
He, therefore, charged science students to rededicate their time to deep reading and aligning with current trends in technology, which he said remain very pivotal to national development.