Government is providing Free WIFI to 46 Public Colleges of Education – Bawumia

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Ellis Ferdinand
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EducationGhana, November 3, #BawumiaSpeaks: The vice president of the Republic of Gnana, Dr Mahamaoudou Bawumnia has said that the government is providing Free WIFI to 46 Public Colleges of Education in the country.

The vice president made this statement at an event dubbed  #BawumiaSpeaks held at the Main Auditorium of the Ashesi University on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.

The event which was organized on the theme ”Transforming an Economy through Digitization-The Ghana Story” saw the vice president touch on the government’s achievements through digitization of the Ghanaian Economy.

The vice president also indicated that all Senior High Schools, district education offices, and 13 public universities are being provided with Free WiFi.

He added, that the move was to make sure the country’s education sector is not left out of the digital revolution.

”To make sure our education sector is not left out of the digital revolution, we are providing free Wifi to our senior high schools, 46 Colleges of Education, district education offices, and 13 public universities.” He said.

He emphasises, that a lot of progress has been made in this direction.

Minister of Education vs Colleges’ WiFi

The Minister of Education Dr Yaw Adutwum has directed all colleges of education to bear the cost of the wifi provision which was made available for secondary schools.
The Minister in a letter to the providers, Busy Internet said his outfit has discovered that the 46 colleges of education were benefitting from the wifi services and that has overburdened the free senior high school budget.
The schools that have benefitted from the installation of Busy Internet are to refund the cost back to the free SHS secretariat.

Busy Internet has also been instructed to bill all the colleges directly.
Aside from that, the original cost of Ghc6.8 million paid for by the colleges will be shared by the colleges.
Background
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in 2020 commissioned the government’s flagship Free Wi-fi for Tertiary Institutions Project in Accra.
The project forms part of the government’s ongoing programme to provide Free Wi-fi to all 722 public Senior High Schools and other educational institutions.
The initiative he said in that year was to cover 46 Colleges of Education, and at least 15 traditional Public Tertiary Institutions across the country, 13 of which are in the operational zone of ECG.
The two other public tertiary institutions, University of Development Studies (UDS), Tamale and the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Sunyani as well as the campuses of newly created University Colleges in northern Ghana, were to be served by the Northern Electricity Company (NEDCO) in collaboration with GRIDCO and NITA because they did fall under ECG.

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