Republic of Ghana


National ICT Policy and Plan Development Committee



The National ICT4AD Consultative Pocess

Dialogue with the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS)

The National ICT Policy and Plan Development Committee dialogued with the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences on the 22nd October 2002 as part of the National Consultative exercise aimed at developing an ICT-driven socio-economic development policy and plan.

List of Participants

• There is the need to close the generational gap by introducing ICT to children at the grass root level.

• It is important to improve the Human Resource base in Science to undertake the teaching of Science in the schools.

• There is the need to bring together science teachers and equip them with the necessary skills on how complicated concepts can be made easy for children to understand.

• It is important to introduce the Ghanaian business community to issues relating to International Trade Standards to promote export in ICTs and other products and services.

• A special attention must be paid to the education of children since they are the future leaders of the country.

• There is the need to publish and make available the necessary textbooks to aid children and teachers in their learning and teaching sessions. It is important to train people to produce educational and training modules suitable for school children.

• Research & Development (R&D) should be intensified in the country. The Government must invest in this field.

• There is the need for the various think tanks and professionals in the society to make their experience and knowledge available to the Committee in the formulation and implementation of the policy.