The presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has described the one student, one tablet initiative by the government as a vote-buying tactic.
He stated this during a special public lecture at the Wisconsin International University College in Ghana.
He slammed the government for neglecting essential ongoing educational projects and instead focusing on the distribution of tablets.
He urged the government to prioritise the allocation of state resources to address more pressing needs within the education sector.
“You bring a new curriculum, the children have no textbooks in basic school for the last four years and you think that giving pre-tertiary students tablets is more important. Of course, everybody knows the political expediency.
“The pre-tertiary students are going to register in May because some of them will be turning 18 years and above, some are 18 already and they are going to be the ones voting. So this is a gift to entice them to vote for the current government.
“Otherwise, if you are using GH¢1.3 billion to give pre-tertiary students laptops, our priority would have been different. Other things are begging for funding in our educational system than those laptops. But it is a bribe for them to vote for this government.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
