The
Education
Ministry
has
announced
that
all
Senior
High
Schools
will
receive
their
share
of
free
student
tablets
by
October
2024.
On
March
24,
2024,
President
Akufo-Addo
revealed
plans
to
distribute
Smart
Tablets
to
approximately
1.3
million
Senior
High
School
(SHS)
students
nationwide.
This
announcement
was
made
during
the
inauguration
of
the
Ghana
Smart
Schools
Project
in
Accra.
The
project
aims
to
equip
students
under
the
free
SHS
policy
with
essential
technological
skills,
aligning
with
the
government’s
commitment
to
enhance
education
through
technology.
In
May
2024,
the
Ministry
reported
that
around
70,000
smart
tablets
had
already
been
distributed
to
30
of
the
450,000
schools
set
to
receive
them,
leaving
some
schools
still
awaiting
their
allocation.
Speaking
at
the
International
Educators
Summit
2024
on
the
theme,
“Reimagining
Education
for
the
Future
We
Seek:
Africa
and
the
World
in
Dialogue,”
the
Minister
for
Education,
Dr.
Yaw
Osei
Adutwum,
assured
that
all
schools
would
receive
their
tablets
by
October.
“We
have
begun
a
momentum,
education,
technology
integration.
All
high
schools
within
the
next
two,
or
three
months
will
get
their
tablets,
everyone.
The
1.3
million.
We
have
started
already.”
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