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19th June, 2009
GES Holds Forum On 'Sakawa'
THE Accra Metropolitan Directorate of Education has urged Ghanaians to condemn the phenomenon of computer fraud popularly called “Sakawa”.
“Sakawa” is likely to put the future of the nation in jeopardy.Mr James Nii Okaija Dinsey, the Metropolitan Director of Education stated.
Mr Dinsey made the call in Accra, when he opened a computer fraud sensitisation programme for eight Junior High School students in the metropolis.
He said Ghana risked a future where real power would not lie in the hands of democratically elected and honest people, but crime lords who would dent the nation’s reputation if the situation was not stopped.
Mr Dinsey said the rate at which school children were abandoning their classrooms to get involved in this act was becoming alarming and must be controlled.
He appealed to teachers, parents, traditional, religious and opinion leaders to rise up and fight the menace before it destroys the youth.
“Let us remind our young people that it pays to be morally upright. Discipline and hard work should be the hallmark for acquiring wealth,” he said.
Mr Dinsey asked the teachers to intensify their supervision and monitoring of school children through frequent roll calls and at short intervals, especially after break periods.
Mrs Vivian Adjo Tetteh, an educationist and Information, Communications and Technology expert, said cyber fraud was a criminal act and must be discouraged among the youth. Such wealth do not last and the end results are very disastrous.
She said it was a challenge to everybody that: “We must all be vigilant and find a lasting solution and instil in our youth moral values that are acceptable by our society.”
“Sakawa” is likely to put the future of the nation in jeopardy.Mr James Nii Okaija Dinsey, the Metropolitan Director of Education stated.
Mr Dinsey made the call in Accra, when he opened a computer fraud sensitisation programme for eight Junior High School students in the metropolis.
He said Ghana risked a future where real power would not lie in the hands of democratically elected and honest people, but crime lords who would dent the nation’s reputation if the situation was not stopped.
Mr Dinsey said the rate at which school children were abandoning their classrooms to get involved in this act was becoming alarming and must be controlled.
He appealed to teachers, parents, traditional, religious and opinion leaders to rise up and fight the menace before it destroys the youth.
“Let us remind our young people that it pays to be morally upright. Discipline and hard work should be the hallmark for acquiring wealth,” he said.
Mr Dinsey asked the teachers to intensify their supervision and monitoring of school children through frequent roll calls and at short intervals, especially after break periods.
Mrs Vivian Adjo Tetteh, an educationist and Information, Communications and Technology expert, said cyber fraud was a criminal act and must be discouraged among the youth. Such wealth do not last and the end results are very disastrous.
She said it was a challenge to everybody that: “We must all be vigilant and find a lasting solution and instil in our youth moral values that are acceptable by our society.”
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