The IT superhighway will serve as a convergence point for the easy access of telephone and IT connectivity in the country.
Professor Oquaye was speaking at a durbar to mark the homecoming summit of past students of the Dzodze-Penyi Secondary School (DZOPOSA) at Dzodze in the Ketu District of the Volta Region last Saturday.
He said Parliament had also approved another $40 million loan for an electronic governance (e-governance) project which would facilitate policy formulation, policy implementation and policy appraisal at every stage of governance and administration in the country.
He stated that community information centres would be set up in every community to provide easy access to IT and Internet services in rural communities, adding that a Braille system for Internet services for the blind was inaugurated in the country three months ago.
The minister, who inaugurated a ¢400-million library project undertaken by the past students, presented three new computers donated by Internet Ghana to the school and promised to add two more to facilitate telephony connectivity, adding that in the long term, it would be ideal to increase the number of computers to 10 to befit a standard computer laboratory.
He urged the students to utilise modern facilities at the school, since it was unique and also conformed to the current age of information technology and applied knowledge.
“Your business and your only business at this age is to learn,” he admonished.
The President of DZOPOSA, Dr Emmanuel Srofenyoh, described the library project as the best in the Volta Region today.
He extended gratitude to the management of Diamond Cement at Aflao for donating 400 bags of cement and the former Member of Parliament (MP) for donating 40 bags of cement from his share of the Common Fund.
He also mentioned the present MP, Mr Klutse Avedzi, and the Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, for their support in diverse ways to make the dream of the past students a reality.
In a welcoming address, the Headmaster of the school, Mr Ebenezer Atieku, who is a past student, said the homecoming summit was a valuable event because it was a demonstration of true love for their alma mater and cradle of knowledge.
He said contemporary students had no excuse for not improving on academic standards in view of the drastic improvement in library facilities at their disposal.
Autor(en)/Author(s): Tim Dzamboe
Quelle/Source: Daily Graphic, 28.11.2006
