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17th August, 2011
Provide Computer Labs For All Schools - GNAT
THE Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), in charge of Education and Professional Development, John Nyoagbe, has appealed to the government to provide computer laboratories for all schools in the country in consonance with current educational trends, for the benefit of the students.
He made the appeal at the closing ceremony of an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) workshop, at Cape Coast, organised by GNAT in collaboration with Dream Oval Company Limited, an information technology company, for 38 basic school teachers in underserved communities in the Central Region.
Mr Nyoagbe further appealed to the Ghana Education Service to revolutionise the classrooms to make them conducive for power point presentation, bemoaning, “we are all aware of the health problems associated with while chalk”.
He stated that the country could not afford to lag behind in the use of computers as they are no more status symbols but the basic tools for education, entertainment, healthcare and public administration, among others.
Mr Nyoagbe re-iterated the association’s quest to equip its members with ICT skills to meet modern challenges.
“The Ghana National Association of Teachers’ dream is that every teacher, irrespective of where he is posted to must be fully equipped to use ICT for research, lesson preparation and presentation, assessment of students and most importantly, must exude the proficiency and confidence to teach ICT as a subject in any class at the pre-tertiary level,” he added.
The workshop, he said, was to provide some professional support for teachers in deprived communities to enable them deliver their lessons effectively, in the absence of libraries, laboratories and other basic logistics.
The Chief Executive of Dream Oval Company Limited, Derrydem Dadzie appealed to the participants to use the knowledge acquired in their everyday duties.
He made the appeal at the closing ceremony of an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) workshop, at Cape Coast, organised by GNAT in collaboration with Dream Oval Company Limited, an information technology company, for 38 basic school teachers in underserved communities in the Central Region.
Mr Nyoagbe further appealed to the Ghana Education Service to revolutionise the classrooms to make them conducive for power point presentation, bemoaning, “we are all aware of the health problems associated with while chalk”.
He stated that the country could not afford to lag behind in the use of computers as they are no more status symbols but the basic tools for education, entertainment, healthcare and public administration, among others.
Mr Nyoagbe re-iterated the association’s quest to equip its members with ICT skills to meet modern challenges.
“The Ghana National Association of Teachers’ dream is that every teacher, irrespective of where he is posted to must be fully equipped to use ICT for research, lesson preparation and presentation, assessment of students and most importantly, must exude the proficiency and confidence to teach ICT as a subject in any class at the pre-tertiary level,” he added.
The workshop, he said, was to provide some professional support for teachers in deprived communities to enable them deliver their lessons effectively, in the absence of libraries, laboratories and other basic logistics.
The Chief Executive of Dream Oval Company Limited, Derrydem Dadzie appealed to the participants to use the knowledge acquired in their everyday duties.
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