There was confusion at the Assin Asamankese District Assembly Primary School Thursday morning, when the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), sent about twenty computers to the school only to discover that there was no power supply to the school.
A teacher in the school had used stones to illustrate a computer mouse during an Information Communication Technology (ICT) class. The teacher, Augustine Kusi, thought that improvising with stones was the best form to learn ICT the virtual way without seeing physically, how a computer and its accessories look like.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) directorate in the District had expressed disappointment with the media reportage on the issue.
The District Director of Education, Shirley Coleman for instance had said in a radio interview that the development had brought disgrace to the GES, especially as the school in question was one of the best in the district during the last Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Madam Coleman added that the GES wasn’t aware the school did not have computers for ICT.
Graphic Online’s Central Regional Correspondent, Timothy Gobah reported that the GIFEC on Thursday morning sent about 20 computers to the school only to realise that there was no power supply to the three classroom block school.
A decision was therefore taken to move the computers to another school but teachers at the primary school, including Mr Augustine Kusi expressed anger that the computers were going elsewhere, Gobah reported.
The lack of basic school items and teaching materials in many schools in the Ghana education system was an open secret.
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Source: graphic.com.gh
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You didn't know the school didn't have electricity? Get your phat a$$e$ out of your lavish offices and do some supervision! So because the school was one of the best in the district you decided to just relax and enjoy your salaries?! And now you're crying disgrace? In fact, this lot needs to be transferred! At least, organize a field trip to GES offices for these kids so they can actually SEE laptops and computer mouse! Smh!
I can't think far. Why would somebody even think of punishing the teacher? I started class one with beer bottle covers as counters and what was wrong with that? in an absence of basic things to teach the kids the teacher must think outside the box to give the kids an idea of what he was teaching. He is a smart guy and must be encouraged and giving an award.
I really congratulate the ICT teacher of the said school for being creative to draw the attention of authorities to solve this big problem of the school by his classroom approach to teach about computer mouse. Noone should punish him
The District Director of Education is incompetent that she doesn't know there is no computers for ICT in her so called best performing school in her district. This gross poor leadership.