The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation has begun the training of thousands of pupils in the areas of Information Communication Technology (ICT), reading, and cinema at Sechi, a farming community near Effiduase in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region.

The two-week training program, which commenced on Monday, May 20, 2024, allowed basic school pupils to use laptops and computers for the first time.

The project is being led by the Otumfuo-Agroecom Mobile Library Project (OAMLP), a subsidiary of the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation, in collaboration with Agroecom Ghana, a renowned cocoa-buying company.

Addressing the media on the sidelines of the project, the Stakeholder Relations Manager for Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Kwabena Owusu Ababio, said the brain behind the move was to ensure less fortunate students in deprived areas get access to modern technologies in education.

He added that the foundation wants students in rural areas to have the same learning conditions as their peers in urban areas.

He also stated that the foundation wants to inculcate the habit of reading and the use of ICT and its related techniques in rural communities.

Mr. Ababio, however, commended Agroecom Ghana Limited for teaming up with the foundation, adding that the company has, for the past six to seven years, provided financial support to the foundation to provide quality and affordable education to pupils in the country.

For his part, the District Education Director for the area, Williams Brako Agyapong, praised the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation and Agroecom Ghana Limited for the initiative.

He described the move as apt, adding that it will provide a huge platform for deprived children to learn.