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Enterprise Computing, a technology-based organisation, has set up a new and ultra-modern ICT centre for the St. Paul’s Methodist Junior High School in Tema as part of efforts to help the youth acquire needed knowledge and skills in order to adapt to this fast-changing technological world.
The new ICT centre is stocked with 22 high-speed computers with low power consumption, high-end backup power inverter capable of lasting for weeks in the event of a power outage, and a 65-inch smart screen.
In a speech delivered on his behalf, CEO of Enterprise Computing, Jake Oyortey – who is also an alumnus of the school, said the recent situation with the coronavirus pandemic will even make the centre more useful to the school, as learning through digital platforms has become the new normal in the education sector.
“When we embarked on this project last year, we knew the times were changing; hence, ICT training would be the key to granting our youth the competitive edge to progress in the world out there. Never in our wildest dreams did we anticipate that the COVID-19 global pandemic would make ICT the primary means for education delivery. Today, some schools are continuing with the academic calendar by leveraging on technology.
“The change that we thought would occur gradually has happened, and we have no option other than to adapt. It is my prayer that today’s handing-over will prove to be a significant landmark for the pupils of Tema when the history of our times is written,” he said.
Sylvester Asiedu, Headmaster of the school for six years, thanked Enterprise Computing for the kind gesture, which he said has come at the right time as the school is in need of a modern ICT laboratory to facilitate learning.
“Everything in the laboratory that you see is of modern specs that we have been longing for. If you take a close look at the new curriculum there is something we call digital literacy, and this facility is going to be helpful in that education,” he said.
First Assistant Girls’ Prefect and final-year student, Sandra Buerkwor Puplampu, expressed her gratitude on behalf of the students, saying the facility will enhance the teaching of ICT in the school as their training over the years has largely been theory-based because of lacking adequate computers for the school.
Also commenting on how the new centre is going to impact ICT education in the school, President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) Agya Yaw Nsuo Brobbey said he is confident that the facility will significantly improve ICT learning, as computers in the old laboratory are no longer able to meet the ever-changing complex technological education that is taught in schools.
He further pleaded with Enterprise Computing to do the same for other schools in the Tema metropolis which lack quality ICT infrastructure, so that they will not be deprived of the essential technocalogical training so much required in this digital world.
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