Alex Kyeremeh presenting the laptop computers to Gabriel Antwi
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has presented 5,368 HP laptop computers to teachers from basic schools in the Ashanti Region trained in the information communication technology (ICT) subject last year.
The computers are to aid the teachers to effectively teach the subject in their respective schools.
Ashanti Region is the last region to receive their computers after nine other regions received theirs earlier this year.
The Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Pre-Tertiary, Alex Kyeremeh, who presented the laptop computers to the Regional Coordinator in-charge of ICT in Ashanti Region, Gabriel Antwi, said a total of about 82,000 teachers were trained under the ICT module introduced by government in 2013 for basic schools.
He said the initiative was to get more teachers in ICT at the basic school level to handle the subject effectively.
After the training, teachers were supplied with the computers which have the training content installed on it for the smooth take-off of the subject in the various schools.
He said so far, a total of 64,000 laptops have been distributed to the various teachers for effective teaching of the subject.
Mr Kyeremeh said the laptops will not be the personal property of the teachers, but the school.
“If an ICT teacher with the said computer is transferred to another school, government expect him/ her to leave the laptop behind for his successor to use it in teaching the children,” he underscored.
He asked teachers to take good care of the laptops as they would be monitored as well.
BY Linda Tenyah-Ayettey
(lindatenyah@gmail.com)