It is to equip the teachers with the needed skills in basic coding and ICT to help in the teaching and learning of ICT in basic schools in unserved and underserved communities in the region.

After the training, GIFEC will give each of the participating teachers a laptop installed with educational softwares to help them in impacting the knowledge to their students.

Dr Sofo Tanko Rashid-Computer, Administrator, GIFEC, speaking during the opening of the training at Sagnarigu, near Tamale, said it was to bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas of the country.

He said the initiative would be expanded to other unserved and underserved parts of the northern parts of the country including the North East and Savannah Regions.
He said the government was reviving and retooling community information centres as well as rebranding GIFEC to bring digital skills to the doorsteps of the ordinary citizen, especially in rural areas to propel the country’s digital economy agenda.

Dr Rashid-Computer said the beneficiary trainees were carefully selected in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service and urged them to focus on the lessons to help achieve the intended purpose.

Some of the beneficiary trainees narrated the difficulties they faced teaching ICT without the necessary facilities and equipment and expressed gratitude to GIFEC for the opportunity.