Plans to provide Smart Tablets to 1.3 million Senior High School (SHS) students across the country have been disclosed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The statement was made on Monday in Accra during the Ghana Smart Schools Project launch.

The goal of the Ghana Smart Schools Project is to provide students enrolled in free secondary education with the necessary technological skills, in line with the government’s goal of utilizing technology to further education.

In addition, President Akufo-Addo revealed that within the next two years, some 100 smart secondary high schools will be built nationwide with the goal of improving the educational possibilities and learning environment for pupils.

“To distribute 1.3 million educational tablets to students in SHSs. That is one student, and one tablet under the Ghana Smart Schools Project. The tablets are fitted with digital content to aid research, teaching and learning.

“At the tertiary level, Ghana is pleased to provide at a discounted price tablets and laptops to students and lecturers to facilitate academic [activities]… The government continues to seek innovative ways to do STEM and the FSHS policy.”

“The next phase of FSHS policy enhancement will be propelled by digitalisation. This will allow a seamless online and offline teaching and learning experience,” he stated.