Airtel Ghana supports New Year SchoolAirtel Ghana supports New Year School

Accra, Jan 8, GNA - Airtel Ghana has given a cheque for 120,000 Ghana cedis to University of Ghana in support of the organisation of the 65th Annual New School and Conference.The company has also pledged to support subsequent activities of the School to create the required platform for the discussion and formulation of policies aimed at positioning Ghana on equal developmental pedestal with other nations.Mr Philip Sowah, the Managing Director of Airtel Ghana who presented the cheque at the opening ceremony of the school on Monday, said the company would extend its fullest support for the school in the following years.He said the company was moved by this year’s theme: “Information Technology-Driven Education for Sustainable Human Development: Challenges and Prospects.”“Educational empowerment is one of our strongest pillars and we use our corporate social responsibility platform to support communities that have educational needs,” he said.Mr Sowah said the company had provided ICT infrastructure for some under-privileged basic schools and planned to extend the network to rural and urban communities, thereby creating greater social interaction and opportunities for economic development.He expressed the hope that Airtel and University of Ghana’s Institute of Continuing and Distance Education would continue to work closely towards finding lasting solution to Ghana’s education need in ICT.The 65th Annual New Year School and Conference aims at creating the platform for a dispassionate discussion on how objectives of the ICT in Education Policy’ could be achieved.The conference would provoke discussions on ways of dealing with the challenges facing the education sector, integrating ICT into teaching, learning, research and outreach, at all levels of Ghana’s educational system.University of Ghana’s Council Chairman, Professor Samual Kofi Date-Bah, had said in spite of the prospects of using ICT as a tool for development, it was faced with a number of challenges.He said some of the challenges were connectivity, a general lack of qualified teachers in schools, inadequate number or non-availability of computers, affordability or sometimes the high cost of education and irregular electricity or the total absence of it. GNA Read Full Story