Dabokpa SHTS Crowned Northern Zone Champions Of Energy Commission Challenge With Solar-Powered Smart Farming System
Dabokpa Senior High Technical School (SHTS) has emerged champions of the Northern Zone of the 7th Energy Commission Senior High School Renewable Energy Challenge after beating eight other top Senior High Schools.
The technical school put up an outstanding performance with its innovation dubbed the “Solar-Powered Smart Farming System”, a smart, eco-friendly farming technology designed to demonstrate the practical application of renewable energy in food processing and preservation.
With this innovation, Dabokpa SHTS scored 84 points to beat its closest contenders in a highly competitive contest held in Kumasi on Friday.
The competition, organized by the Energy Commission of Ghana, brought together nine schools from the Northern Zone to showcase innovative projects aimed at solving real-life challenges using renewable energy, science and technology.
Yaa Asantewaa Girls Senior High School gave a spirited performance and came close to snatching the top spot.
The school finished second with 83 points after presenting its systematic smart project, an integrated system that uses poultry waste to generate energy.
Ola Girls Senior High School placed third with its innovative 24-hour Mobile Plastic Recycling Machine, designed to tackle plastic pollution.
The top three schools,Dabokpa SHTS, Yaa Asantewaa Girls SHS and Ola Girls SHS, have automatically qualified for the national grand finale scheduled for November 17, 2026, at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Auditorium.
The Northern Zone contest was keenly contested as the participating schools presented thought-provoking projects aimed at addressing environmental, agricultural and energy-related problems in Ghana.
As part of their prize package, Dabokpa SHTS received a trophy, a box of energy-efficient streetlights, LED bulbs and 20 branded T-shirts.
All participating students were also presented with scientific calculators, notepads and T-shirts.
Speaking after the contest, the Ashanti Regional Director of TVET, Mr. Richard Addo-Gyamfi, praised the students for their creativity, confidence and commitment to scientific innovation.
He said the projects exhibited by the schools demonstrated that young Ghanaians have the potential to contribute meaningfully to Ghana’s sustainable development through science and technology, noting that the innovations offer encouraging signs for Ghana’s energy transition and future.
Mr. Addo-Gyamfi congratulated the three qualifying schools and urged them to refine and improve their projects ahead of the national grand finale.
Meanwhile, some participants from Dabokpa Senior High Technical School explained the main motive behind their innovation, how the country and rural communities stand to benefit from it, and appealed to government and stakeholders to support them to scale up the project for national development.
