In 2024, 3,000 girls and 300 ICT teachers will be trained in the Ashanti, Greater Accra, and Volta Regions under the Communications and Digitalisation Project, according to Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
He said through the Girls in ICT initiative, 2,000girls and 200 ICT Teachers in the Savannah and Northern Regions were trained in 2023.
Additionally, a total of 287 laptops were presented to the best performing students and teachers in both the Savanna and Northern Regions.
Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta said this during the presentation of the 2024 Budget and Economic Statement to Parliament.
He said Government, continues to seek resources for a one laptop per child programme in order to create a tech-savvy population.
” The Ghana.gov platform deployed in 2020 has onboarded 1,541 MDAs, MMDAs, and State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) with 130 of these entities actively utilizing the platform for various functions, including processing payments. This has yielded a total revenue of over GH¢164 billion since its inception. In 2024, NITA will enroll government agencies responsible for revenue collection onto the platform. In addition, a “Citizens’ App” will be integrated into the platform, to enrich Citizen-to-Government engagement and allow persons with disability to access the platform to foster inclusiveness.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Mensah Atakora
