THE Ministry of Communications is to facilitate the establishment of an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centre of excellence in four regions.
They are the Northern, Upper East, Western and Volta regions.
Additionally, feasibility studies are to be carried out to find out the possibility of establishing internet connectivity at the Tamale Senior High School (TAMASCO) and one other school in the country by the close of 2010.
The Minister of Communications, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, made this known at the 18th Speech and Prize-giving day of TAMASCO recently.
Mr Iddrisu intimated that the government would not renege on its promises to bridge the educational gap between the north and south, as well as the disparities that existed between public and private institutions and rural and urban communities.
According to him the government was equally committed to ensuring that teachers were well motivated, as well as adequate teaching and learning materials provided to schools.
“Government is not ashamed of taking affirmative action to bridge the development gap through the implementation of the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA); we also recognise the historical imbalances in our development agenda,” he pointed out.
Mr Iddrisu entreated parents and opinion leaders to avoid interfering with disciplinary actions taken by school authorities, saying “they must know that educational institutions are incubators for the moulding of our youth and that our institutions form the best platform for the training of our youth to become responsible adults in the future”.
He said “when you hear of fraud and misappropriation of funds, it is a mark of indiscipline and I advise the youth to be professional in the performance of their respective duties”.
He announced that the government was likely to ensure that between 2010 and 2011, TAMASCO enjoyed some facilities under the contingency fund of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund).
He equally pledged his commitment to ensure that the Ministry of Energy facilitated the provision of reliable electricity to TAMASCO.
He pledged GH¢2.000 for the provision of places of convenience and the general improvement in sanitation at the school.
The Headmaster of the school, Alhaji Tahiru Mahama, said TAMASCO was a premier institution established in 1951 to provide opportunities for the youth.
According to him, but for the efforts of the school’s Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) the government alone could not have provided some of the facilities in the school.
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