Accra, July 14, GNA- Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, a Deputy Minister for Education, has commended Huawei Ghana for the pivotal role it is playing in harnessing the potential of Information Communication Technology (ICT) to promote equitable and inclusive education for all.
He said Huawei was doing this through its Technology-enabled Open School System (TeOSS) project.
The TeOSS project is in partnership with UNESCO, the Ministry of Education through the Ghana Education Service and Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling as well as other key players in Ghana, Egypt, and Ethiopia.
A statement issued in Accra by Huawei Ghana said the project, which was aimed at building robust crisis-resilient school systems, sought to connect school and home-based learning, to ensure the continuity and quality of learning under normal or crisis situations.
It also seeks to empower beneficiaries through enhanced connectivity, digital skills, and professional development over a period of three years.
The Deputy Minister, speaking at the just ended UNESCO-Huawei Cross Country Seminar held in Accra, elaborated the Government the Ministry’s commitment to collaborate further with Huawei, UNESCO, and other development partners.
He said the partnership would help to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4, which focused on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting life-long learning.
Rev Ntim Fordjour said to meet the key targets of SDG Goal 4, more digital platforms were needed as an enabler and the leverage to achieve them.
He said the Government has put in a lot of effort through industry partnerships to reach every place where learners were found.
“We are excited about this discussion going on with Huawei Ghana and the team of experts that are sharing ideas and supporting these very brilliant interventions that the Ministry is undertaking,” he said.
He thanked the UNESCO Ghana Country Director, Mr Diallo Abdulmahamahne, and the Ghana team for their consistent support geared towards transforming Ghana’s education sector.
The project, which was officially launched on November 25, 2021, is expected to benefit primary school pupils, Junior High School students, out-of-school children, and vulnerable groups in Ghana.
Since its inception, the project has been piloted at 10 schools across 10 regions in the country.
Under the pilot, educators and learners had access to online and offline resources to ensure that schools based in communities without internet access and electricity could benefit from the project.
Huawei through strategic partnerships has trained over 50,000 Ghanaians in advanced ICT courses like Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Routing and Switching, Coding, Financial Technology and Cloud Computing under its Women in Tech initiative.
This year, under its Leadership Entrepreneurship Advancement Possibility LEAP programme, Huawei organized its maiden ICT Job Fair in collaboration with key government ministries and successfully provided employment opportunities for over 200 tertiary students.
Source: Ghana News Agency
