Teaching of ICT to face challenge-Education Director

Kongo (U/E), Jan. 18, GNA - The District Director of Education of Talensi-Nabdam District, Mr. Francis Ayaaba, has expressed fears that ICT teaching in schools would be jeopardized if parents and School Management Committees (SMCs) are made to pay electricity bills. He said this at the weekend at the third Talensi-Nabdam District Teachers Day at Kongo.

Mr Ayaaba said it would be difficult especially for schools in the deprived areas to foot electricity bills for school children and teachers to study ICT. He said many parents found it very difficult to contribute to the PTA for school development projects let alone to talk about footing bills for electricity and appealed to the government to rescind its decision by absorbing the electricity bill to pave way for teachers and school children to learn ICT.

Mr. Ayaaba appealed to the District Assembly to expand education infrastructure in the District since there had been an increased in enrolment. He said there are many schools in the area that had school children studying under tress without furniture and others lying on their stomach to learn and study. Mr Ayaamba said some of the schools that were affected by the floods in 2007/2008 were still in deplorable state because contractors had not completed jobs awarded them, hence the difficulty for school children to get classrooms. He said the Directorate was housed in one of the classrooms where teaching and learning was supposed to have been going on and called on the District Assembly to intensify its efforts in providing educational infrastructure for the District to help improve education. He commended the teachers for accepting postings to the rural parts of the District.