Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has vowed to assist the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) and Vice-Chancellor Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo’s ‘One Student-One Laptop’ project.
Dr. Bawumia said during the program’s inception that “[he] is going to commit to providing and supporting, at least initially, this One Student-One Laptop initiative, with 100 laptops for the students.”
At the event, which was themed ‘Supporting Needy Students in the New Virtual Learning Environment,’ roughly 40 students were given laptop computers for winning in an essay competition organized by the institution.
The Vice President praised the Vice-Chancellor and the administration of the Business School for their efforts in closing the educational inequality gap.
“In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has transformed teaching and learning from face to face to mainly online and through handheld devices, needy students could be disadvantaged. I commend the Vice-Chancellor and Management of the Business School for their efforts to bridge the inequality gap.”
“I urge alumni of the University of Ghana to continue supporting their alma mater. Alumni of other institutions of higher learning are also encouraged to do the same for their schools,” he added in a Facebook post after the launch.
One student-One laptop policy
The ‘one student, one laptop’ policy was revealed at Prof Appiah Amfo’s induction ceremony as the Institution’s new Vice-Chancellor on Tuesday, October 26, 2021.
She said that the university would “collaborate with established IT companies to provide our students and staff with their own laptop/handheld devices.”
As a result, she asked President Akufo-Addo to waive taxes, making “these devices affordable for our students and staff.”
The policy would be part of the University’s commitment to improving the technology, which is a crucial instrument in ensuring that staff and students can operate successfully in an age of technological advancement.
A committee was formed in December 2021 to monitor the execution of the school’s “one student, one laptop” policy.
The group, led by Prof. Peter Quartey, Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER), was entrusted with investigating the potential of providing laptop computers at cheap costs to University students, staff, and faculty.
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SOURCE: myjoyonline
