Education

TECHAiDE resolves to deepen ICT education in Ghana

• By EDMOND GYEBI
• August 12, 2019
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FJ Cava, Chief Operations Officer of TECHAiDE, a technological social enterprise, specialised in the design, development and deployment of rugged computing systems has expressed its readiness to train young people in Ghana, particularly school children.

     He said, this is to prepare them  for a better future in the Information Communication and  Technology (ICT) age.

FJ Cava said this when he addressed participants at the 3rd Annual Impact Education eConference 2019 organised by TECHAide, in collaboration with Friends of Yamoransa Foundation (FYF), & Helping Africa Foundation (HAF) both United States based non-profit organizations.

     The conference objective was to bring together key stakeholders within the Ghana Educational sector to discuss, debate, share and educate each other in achieving and learning in order to make ICT education in Ghana more responsive, and better equipped to handle the challenges of the 21st century

   About 150 Participants including: Proprietors of Private Schools, Heads of Public Schools, NGOs, Private Companies, Government Entities as well as Funding Agencies shared experiences with answers provided to questions on technological issues in education.

     The conference centred on breakout sessions and panel discussions that focused on, ICT Training that Captures the Future.

     He said, the world was now going IT and that it was imperative to prepare the younger generation for robotics, computer programming, IT technician careers among others.

     FJ Cava said while maximum emphasis was placed on the learning of ICT, there was a need to consider a key factor on how ICT teachers in the country were equipped with knowledge to be able to teach school children to understand the various lessons.

     He said this year's conference was  all about; bringing ICT teachers and proprietors of schools, both private and public, NGOs, private and public companies and funding agencies to focus on ICT training that captured the future.

     TECHAiDE Chief Operations Officer said, the current and upcoming generation of Ghanaians do not have a choice but to, prepare to embrace ICT, adding, "that is where the world is heading and nobody must be left behind."


Source: WatchGhana.Com