The Association of District Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Coordinators in the Greater Accra Region has appealed to the government to consider providing all pre-tertiary institutions nationwide with the necessary ICT tools and resources to promote teaching and learning.
The Chairman of the association, Felix Kwaku Hini, who made the call, said such a provision would create equal opportunity for all learners across the country, irrespective of location, to have equal access to quality teaching and learning for the good of the nation’s educational development.
The association, however, commended the government for the efforts made so far in providing ICT tools in schools across the country, but called for more, especially in rural areas that lack computers and internet services, to enhance effective teaching and learning of ICT.
Session
Mr Hini made the call last Friday at the closing session of a two-day capacity-building workshop for Greater Accra District ICT coordinators, all senior high school coordinators and a team from the regional education directorate.
The workshop, organised by Uniwiz Foundation, an ICT advocacy and promotional Non-Governmental Organisation, in collaboration with the GES, had the theme "Advancing Ghana’s Education Technology Workforce".
The two-day training was designed to equip the participants with advanced tools, practical skills and strategies to elevate educational technology across Ghana.
Mr Hini was upbeat that the training workshop would go a long way toward empowering the district ICT coordinators and all other participants with the requisite skills to make them more effective in executing their jobs.
Mission
The Chief Executive Officer of Uniwiz Foundation, Larry Wisdom Quarme-Doe, said the mission of the NGO had always been centred on empowering minds through accessible, high-quality digital education, adding that to build a sustainable, tech-driven future for students, there is a need to invest heavily in the educators who lead them.
He explained that “Today, technology is no longer an optional add-on to education—it is the very backbone of modern learning.
However, digital infrastructure and computers alone do not transform classrooms; people do.
The true drivers of digital literacy in our schools are our ICT coordinators.
You are the digital champions guiding the next generation into the global economy”.
The CEO used the occasion to commend the Swiss Confederation for their generous support and commitment to digital development, the GES, ModePlus Innovation Hub and Intellite IT Solutions for their unwavering partnership in expanding educational standards nationwide.
Support
In an address read for her, the Swiss Ambassador to Ghana, Simeone Giger, stated that the Embassy of Switzerland was excited to support the training initiative because it believes it comes at a very timely moment, as ICT is changing rapidly and education practitioners cannot afford to be left behind.
The Greater Accra Regional Director of Education, Hajia Katumi Natongmah Attah, in an address read for her, praised the various partners and sponsors for their consistent support and urged the participants to make good use of the knowledge acquired during the training to develop the nation’s workforce.
