Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said that the government will continue to empower Ghanaian students to learn the smart way to ensure limitless possibilities for growth.
To that end, he said the One Student One Laptop initiative launched by President Akufo-Addo will serve as an extension of the government’s policy of leveraging technology to digitalize our education to meet global demands and enable Ghanaian students to compete globally.
“Today, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo outdoored the Ghana Smart School Project popularly known as ‘One Student- One Tablet’ as I indicated in my address at the 2023 New Year School held at the University of Ghana.
“This project is an extension of the government’s policy of leveraging technology to digitalize our education to meet global demands and enable Ghanaian students to compete globally. Government will continue to empower Ghanaian students to learn the smart way to ensure limitless possibilities for growth,” Dr Bawumia wrote on his Facebook page.
President Akufo-Addo announced that 1.3 million tablets are going to be distributed to students under the Smart School Project.
The tablets, he said, are fitted with digital content to aid research, teaching, and learning.
Mr Akufo-Addo said “To distribute 1.3 million educational tablets to students in SHSs. That is one student, and one tablet under the Ghana Smart Schools Project. The tablets are fitted with digital content to aid research, teaching, and learning.
“At the tertiary level, Ghana is pleased to provide at a discounted price tablets and laptops to students and lecturers to facilitate academic [activities]… The government continues to seek innovative ways to do STEM and the FSHS policy.”
“The next phase of FSHS policy enhancement will be propelled by digitalisation. This will allow a seamless online and offline teaching and learning experience,” he stated.
An earlier statement by the Ministry of Education said the initiative “aligns with government’s efforts to enhance e-learning and digitalization,” as well as “supports government’s goal of leveraging technological advancements to prepare Ghanaian students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” also known as digital age.
“The initiative aims to bolster Senior High School Education by providing Teaching and Learning Management System, Digital Learning Content and Education Devices to all Senior High and TVET Schools nationwide.
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