Paul Kofi Krampa, Deputy Director of Education of the Ghana Education Service (GES)has reiterated its readiness to implement the new educational reform, come September this year.

He noted that plans were underway for the implementation of the reform and it was the commitment of GES to make Information Communication Technology (ICT) the driving force in the educational reform agenda.

Mr. Krampa was speaking at the 13th graduation ceremony and inauguration of a GH¢ 60,000 (600 million cedis) two e-learning centres, new musical instruments as well as a refurbished library of the Happy Kids School in Kwashieman, a suburb of Accra.

He called on all teachers to rededicate themselves in readiness for the implementation of the new educational reform.

"I wish to appeal to all teachers to rededicate themselves in readiness for the take-off. The programme cannot succeed unless our teachers take up the challenge," he said.

He noted that ICT had become a very important tool for the government in its effort to promote the economic leap of the country so as to enable the society attain middle level income status.

He said to bridge the digital divide in ICT the public must appreciate the real role it plays in education, which could be worked at from the perspective of using the computer as a tool that would provide tutorial to augment what teachers taught and also as a channel to guide in understanding concepts, presentation of ideas in a clearer way and also to help in data processing.

He said learning styles for children and students today had changed; they preferred learning from technology driven digital modes such as television, Internet and video.

“If our teachers fail to adopt their teaching to the learning style of our students, we may not be helping them much to explore the opportunities available for their optimum development," he said.

George Sackey Jnr, Executive President e-toys & more inaugurating the e-learning centre sponsored by Ghana Leasing Company and e-toys said the purpose of education was to create relative behavioural change of an individual from what he or she is to what he or she should be.

He said education was undergoing a global transformation where modern methods of delivery were being employed to replace the traditional ones.

He noted that education was becoming completely technology-driven and was adopting technological resources as well as internet.

Mr Sackey noted that at e-toys, the corporate mission was to provide technological solutions to the educational needs of children and schools.

Source: GNA