CyberGhana has inaugurated a Cybersecurity Club at the St. Augustine’s College in Cape Coast with a call on stakeholders to play effectively their role of promoting cybersecurity and stem workforce development in the country.
According to the Central Regional Director of Education, Mrs Martha Owusu Agyemang, students must also be wary of the enticing but dubious means of getting rich usually sold by cyber fraudsters as a way to trap their victims.
In a speech read on her behalf by Christabel Priscilla Eshun who is the Deputy PRO and Language Coordinator for the Regional Education Directorate at a symposium which saw the inauguration of Cybersecurity Club, Mrs Agyemang emphasized that “there is no free money, no free credit and no free data anywhere in the world by links, so students, be vigilant and be weary of the quest to be rich overnight but pass through the right channel while focusing on education and moral uprightness.”
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On his part, the Central Regional Police Commander, DCOP Mr. Kwadwo Antwi Tabi in a speech read on his behalf called for the extension of CyberGhana’s club project to the Juniour High Schools while reiterating the police’s commitment in collaborating with stakeholders to sustain the fight against cybercrimes in Ghana.
“By the minutes people are using the cyberspace, the internet and mobile phones, to defraud other people; so let us be very careful. It is therefore commendable that the St. Augustines’ College Cybersecurity club is being inaugurated. Creating awareness in the youth especially students must be hailed by all since the students are the future. In fact, it is my wish that this all-important club is formed in our Junior High Schools also as the craze for information Technology has already caught up with our children at that level. We the police will do our best to liaise with all stakeholders to ensure that the fight against cybercrime is sustained and won.” He said.
The symposium was on the theme: Cyber and STEM workforce Development: “The role of all stakeholders”
St. Augustine’s College is one among seven schools namely St. Louis Girls SHS, Archbishop Porter Girls SHS, Aburi Girls SHS, Bolgatanga Girls SHS, Sunyani SHS, and Mfantsipem School that is benefitting from CyberGhana’s club project intended to equip students with the needed knowledge in cybersecurity so they will be able to protect themselves from the ever-growing threats lurking on the internet.
Source: Rosemond Asmah/ATLFMNEWS
