The Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Clement Apaak, has taken a swipe at the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government for failing to deliver on its initiative of distributing 1.3 million smart tablets to students across the country.
Contributing to debate on the budget statement on Monday, March 24, 2025, the former lecturer at the University of Ghana and Builsa South Member of Parliament opined that the previous government cannot show Ghanaians any part of the country where a smart school has been built.
He stated that, despite the fact that payments were made for 710,000 tablets out of the 1.3 million promised, only 250,000 were distributed, and the schools that received the tablets do not use them.
“Mr. Speaker, sometime in 2023, there was an announcement of the introduction of a one-student, one-tablet policy. Mr. Speaker, as I speak to you today, whereas some payments have been made for about 710,000 tablets out of ostensibly 1.3 million tablets, only 250,000 tablets have been distributed
“And even in the schools where the tablets have been distributed, not a single student in the Republic of Ghana is using any tablet. Mr. Speaker, another failed promise”, Dr. Apaak declared.
Dr. Apaak also criticised the previous administration for not fulfilling its pledge to provide students with a single hot chocolate drink or chocolate bar.
“Most Ghanaians will remember the now infamous promise of providing one hot chocolate drink or one bar of chocolate to our students in the public school system. Mr. Speaker, if that has happened, it may have been yesterday, another broken promise”, Dr. Apaak stated.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
