President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that government has put plans in place to distribute 1.3 million smart tablets to Senior High School (SHS) students in the country.
He announced this during the launch of the Ghana Smart Schools Project at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on March 25, 2024.
According to the President, the initiative is aimed at supporting research, teaching and learning.
“In furtherance of our digitalization agenda in the education sector, the government is proceeding with plans to distribute 1.3 million educational tablets to students in Senior High Schools (SHS). That is one student per tablet under the Ghana Smart Schools Project. The tablets are fitted with digital contents to aid research, teaching and learning,” he said.
He added that for students and lecturers in tertiary institutions, “government plans to provide at a discounted price, tablets and laptops to students and lecturers to facilitate academic work.”
President Akufo-Addo also stated that as part of efforts to boost the Free SHS policy, the government is going to construct 100 Smart Schools across the country within two years.
“The other component of the Ghana Smart School Project is the provision of modernized infrastructure. Government intends to build one hundred smart schools across the country. The first thirty of these will be completed and the remaining seventy are expected to be completed in the next two years and for the avoidance of doubt, it is planned that the one hundred smart schools will be located in all 16 regions.
“The Ghana Smart Schools Project is in alignment with government’s promise to enhance the Free SHS programme, leveraging on technological advancement to enable students compete globally. It is in fulfillment of the education for sustainable agenda, a key element in the 2030 agenda for sustainable development goal number four which prioritizes quality education, a key driver for the attainment of all 17 SDGs.”
Source:myrepubliconline