Practical Education Network

Practical Education Network (PEN) equips West African STEM teachers to employ inquiry-based pedagogies in their classrooms, utilising locally available materials. PEN has developed thousands of hands-on STEM activities that leverage low-cost and readily available materials. These were designed with Ghanaian teachers, in line with the National Curriculum and we are now working towards sharing these widely with teachers and parents globally, as they seek meaningful modes of engaging students while stuck at home during the COVID-19 crisis. PEN was born at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), while the founder was pursuing her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering.