Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
Government is to
provide free WiFi (Internet) service in all tertiary and secondary schools
across the country to aid teaching and learning.
It is in fulfillment
of the campaign pledge of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to
pursue free WiFi for certain categories of educational institutions.
“I’m happy to
inform you that we have moved very quickly on this and by the grace of God, we
will start a first rollout of the free WiFi amongst about one university and
about three senior high schools or so,” Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
said during an International Youth Day celebration at Mampong-Akwapim in the
Eastern Region yesterday.
The Vice-President said that they are instituting the programme such that within the next two years, the programme would have covered all tertiary institutions and senior high schools in the country.
“We do this not
because we want to provide free WiFi, but it is so fundamental; most of the
information we need today is on the Internet and so we want to make sure that
students and the youth have access to that information … such measures are
being put in place with the ultimate aim of transforming the economy,” he
emphasized.
He charged the
youth to have a positive mindset as they strive for the
top. “Let us not underestimate our abilities; you can reach for the skies. This
is why I keep saying that we should never say this is impossible. It has not
yet been made possible and you may be the one to make it possible. Let us not
think about impossibilities. Anything is possible by the grace of God and with
hard work,” the Vice-President pointed out.
Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Emmanuel Sin-Nyet Asigri, encouraged
the youth to take advantage of every opportunity to develop their skills as the
surest way towards a brighter future.
The NYA, he said, would be rolling out a month’s voluntary youth camp project that would seek to encourage volunteerism.
By Charles Takyi-Boadu, Presidential Correspondent
