NAGRAT welcomes govt’s promise to replace textbooks with laptops in SHSs despite skepticism

Despite having some skepticism, Angel Carbonu, president of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), has welcomed the government’s announcement that senior high schools across the nation will gradually replace textbooks with laptops.

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, stated that textbooks and other teaching and learning resources would be installed on the laptops to be utilized during lessons while speaking at an event in the Volta Region on Saturday.

Additionally, Dr. Bawumia revealed that the program will be put into action before 2023 came to a conclusion.

Angel Carbonu responded to the announcement by saying that ICT is the nation’s future while highlighting the difficulties the administration will have in achieving the pledge.

“I am for the use of IT to supplement teaching and learning activities and I know very well that if we want to break the glass ceiling that opens the door for the future, Ghana will have to take IT very seriously at every level. If schools have connectivity and the connectivity is not sustainable, it presents a challenge, however, the way to go into the future is the use of ICT so if we can provide connectivity to schools, then we can seriously start the journey of information technology teaching and learning”.

“Looking at recent happenings, I foresee some challenges in the government being able to supply laptops to every student, however, we still have to keep hope alive, we don’t have a choice.”

Source: Citinewsroom