Education think tank, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has urged the Ghana Education Service (GES) to retrieve government-issued tablets from Senior High School (SHS) students and equip them with proper safety controls before returning them to use.
The call follows comments by Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu in Parliament on Thursday, revealing that some students were using the devices to access pornography instead of academic material.
Responding to the minister’s remarks, Project Management Specialist at Eduwatch, Kofi Nkansah Sarkodie, said GES must act immediately to secure the gadgets and install UNESCO-approved safety features.
“Those tablets have already been procured and distributed. We recommend that GES retrieve them and ensure that the safety measures are fully implemented.
“Retrieval can be done at the school level, and the necessary safeguards must be deployed. The devices are intended for academic purposes only, to support students’ learning, and not for any other activity,” Sarkodie said.
EduWatch stressed that retrieving and reconfiguring the tablets is essential to protect students from inappropriate content and to ensure the devices fulfil their intended educational function.
