The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has voiced grave concerns in Parliament following reports that some students are using government-distributed tablets for non-academic activities, including accessing pornographic content.
Addressing Parliament on Thursday, November 27, Minister Iddrisu revealed that while the government had signed a $337 million contract to provide digital learning tools to all free Senior High Schools nationwide, only about 980,000 out of the 1.3 million tablets distributed have been fully deployed and remain to be properly customised and restricted for educational use.
“I inherited a contract with about 337 million US dollars, where some 1.3 million tablets were to be distributed across the country to all free senior high schools in the country so that learners can have access to digital tools.
I’m told that the deployment of that is around 980,000,” he explained.
The Minister admitted that his attention had been drawn to the misuse of the devices. “Mr Speaker, my attention was drawn to the fact that many of the devices are not customised and the students are using them for other purposes, including pornography, which is not acceptable.”
Haruna Iddrisu assured Parliament that the government is treating the matter with the utmost seriousness. “Mr Speaker, the government is taking a high view of it, and there must be restrictions as to what the tablets can be used for, and they should be used strictly for the purpose of study,” he stated, underscoring the need for tighter controls and monitoring to ensure the tablets fulfill their intended academic purpose.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
