Authorities at the Kumasi Polytechnic (K-POLY) have initiated a programme to build the capacity of their students to enable them to assemble computers. Already, the school has sourced for a resource person from the United States of America (USA) and equipment for the programme. According to the resource person who is a Ghanaian, but based in the USA, both the theoretical and practical work would take three weeks after which the students would be able to assemble computers from the scratch. Mr. Andrew Prah, the resource person, told the Daily Graphic that the theoretical part of the programme would take two weeks, while the practical will take just a week. "After that I am expecting all the beneficiary students to assemble computers on their own and they would also be able to repair them anytime they break down," he noted. The Rector of K-POLY, Dr H.E. Kwesi Prah, said the programme would begin during the long vacation period. Dr Prah said between 40 and 50 students now undertaking Electrical Engineering and Information Communication Technology programmes would benefit from the maiden programme, which would be extended to others in subsequent years. Dr Prah said it was important for the students to totally submit themselves to the resource persons to enable them to acquire modern computer assemblage skills within the shortest possible time. Source: Daily Graphic