Story: Mary Ankrah
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology has presented 135 notebook computers to five institutions in the country.
The beneficiaries are the Methodist University College, the Department of Geographic Information Service unit (GIS) of the University of Ghana, the Ghana Girl Guide Association, the Mathematical Society of Ghana and the Olympiad Team from Durban.
Making the presentation in Accra on Wednesday, the Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Ms Sherry Ayittey, said the presentation was part of the ministry’s initiative to help strengthen Information and Communications Technology (ICT) studies and improve the teaching and learning of science and technology.
“In the Department of Geography, it will help in the teaching of using ICT for special planning and environmental management on the control of pollution in the mining sector,” she added.
Ms Ayittey said computers exposed young people to computer studies and research in order for them to read widely so that they could spend their time profitably by using the computers to study.
She said the ministry was ready to support people who were interested in science and technology and mathematics, adding, “Innovations in science and technology innovation are the only way that can drive the country into a middle-income status.”
According to the minister, last year, the ministry spent about GH¢1 million to locally produce computers and it was one of its policies to support local entrepreneurship, innovation and initiatives.
It is anticipated that this year the ministry will distribute about 2,000 computers to institutions and teacher training colleges across the country.
On behalf of the five institutions, the Principal of the Methodist University, Prof S. K. Adjepong, thanked the government for providing the institutions with computers to improve their access to ICT and pledged that the items would be used for the purpose for which they were provided.
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