adminACCRA. — More than 40 schools are poised to benefit from the Better Ghana Laptop programme that the government has reviewed. The reviewed scheme intended to promote information and communications technology application for teaching, learning and research. Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Joe Oteng-Adjei, who handed more 455 laptops to 13 educational institutions in the Central Region, said 41 schools will benefit.
Speaking at a ceremony in Elmina, he expressed hope that authorities of the various beneficiary schools would take up the responsibility to ensure that the laptops were put to maximum use for the benefit of all students and teachers.
He handed over 455 laptops to 13 educational institutions in the Central Region.
The minister said more than 50 000 laptops have been distributed since the inception of the Better Ghana Agenda Laptop Programme in 2010.
Under the current policy, all senior high schools (public and private), and technical and vocational schools (public and private) who are accredited by Ghana Education Service qualify to be supplied with laptops.
However, these institutions are under obligation to meet certain basic requirements in order to be eligible to receive the laptops.
These include a well established ICT centre/laboratory with good security features, sufficient power supply system, furniture, an ICT tutor, and teaching boards. — CAJ News.
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