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Students asked to use ICT for Development
Denkyira Jukwa (C/R), March 31, GNA – The
central focus of the new education reform was to use
Information Communication Technology (ICT) to transform the
economy into a knowledge-based system, Deputy Minister of
Health, Mr Abraham Odoom said on Saturday.
Mr Odoom was speaking at the 17th anniversary and prize
giving-day of Jukwa Senior High School at Jukwa.
He said the government had come to the realization that ICT
could serve as a tool to promote the various sectors for
development, including the educational system.
The deputy Minister said this was because technology had the
potential for knowledge dissemination, knowledge
acquisition, effective learning and development.
He advised the students to use the knowledge of ICT
positively to drive socio-economic development of the nation
instead of using it in negative acts such as fraud.
Mr Odoom said the Twifo-Heman-Lower Denkyira District
Assembly was first to set up an internet café and noted that
the facility had opened up the district to benefit of all,
especially oil palm producers.
He said the success of any venture hinged on discipline and
asked the students to be obedient to teachers, parents and
elders in the society.
In her annual report, the Headmistress, Ms Regina Ammam,
said the school’s academic performance had improved since
1998.
She said of 184 candidates presented for the West African
School Certificate Examination, only one could not make it,
adding that 98 of the students passed in at least six
subjects, representing 95 percent.
Ms Ammam said the school’s plan to re-introduce Home
Economics as part of its curriculum was being hampered by
lack of classrooms and a science laboratory, and appealed to
the government and philanthropists to come to their aid.
She commended past members of the Parent-Teacher Association
for providing an assembly hall and other facilities for the
school.
Mr Samuel Agyeibie-Kessie, the District Chief Executive,
said the District Assembly in collaboration with World
Vision, Ghana and the Twifo Praso Area Development Council
had constructed a hostel for the school at the cost of GH˘207,000.
He said the GETFund was also constructing a boys’ dormitory
estimated at GH˘320,000 for the school.
In 2006, the Assembly, in partnership with the Central
Region Community Water and Sanitation Agency constructed a
six-seater KVIP for the school, he said.
GNA
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