Vice President of the Republic, Mahamudu Bawumia after his government last year began the distribution of laptops to teachers has said tablets pre-loaded with textbooks in due course will be given to Senior High School (SHS) students.
President Nana Akufo-Addo’s right-hand man disclosed this on Thursday speaking on the state of the country’s economy at the TESCON national conference on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Kasoa monitored by EducationWeb
The brand new tablets pre-loaded with textbooks and learning materials to public second cycle school students Mr Mahamudu Bawumia said form parts of the Akufo-Addo led administration effort to digitise the education sector.
“We have started the distribution of laptops to teachers. The next step is to provide tablets with preloaded textbooks and learning materials to Senior High Schools students,” the Vice-President told Ghanaians at the TESCON conference.
Remarking on the achievements of Mr Addo’s administration, he said “For the first time in our history, the government has provided free Wifi to over 700 Senior High Schools, 42 Colleges of Education and 13 public universities.”
“For the first time in our history, we are implementing Free TVET and have established the Ghana TVET service 128 27. For the first time in our history, our Government has implemented Free SHS,” the right-hand man said on Thursday.
Attributing the worsening state of the economy to the Covid pandemic, Mr Mahamudu urged Ghanaians to remain calm as the central government is putting in place the key pillars for the economic transformation of Ghana.”
“We may not yet be where we want to be, and we may be buffeted by the winds of the global coronavirus pandemic and the war for yet a little while, but we have made a great start and, together, we shall finish what we started
We understand your desire for a bright and prosperous future. A future that would have the resilience to better withstand shocks of the nature we are currently experiencing,” the Digitalization advocate stated at the conference.
The economist continued that “some of our Senior High Schools are winning world robotic competitions. We must believe in our capabilities and do away with the impossibility mindset. We are building a new economy.”
CREDIT: Educationweb
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