IOP for Africa – the student’s perspective

Portia Nketia is a final-year student at Ada Secondary High School, Ghana. Here she talks about what difference IOP for Africa’s educational programme has made to her.

“Physics used to be really hard for me – I couldn’t see what a lot of the theory meant or how it worked. Now we do lots of experiments, where we are allowed to find out things for ourselves. It has also given me an understanding of physics in the home, for example why lights in a house are connected in parallel. I really enjoy studying physics, and when I leave school,

“I want to use what I’ve learned. I would like to become a midwife in the future, and I feel sure that a good knowledge of practical physics will help me keep up to date will all the latest medical equipment.”