The executive director of Eduwatch said that maintaining the tablets is essential to the One Student, One Tablet initiative.

To avoid interfering with students’ learning experiences, Kofi Asare, Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), has recommended that some service recommendations for the tablets given to students under the ‘One Student, One Tablet’ initiative be prioritized.

Holding parents responsible for tablet damage, he said, will encourage students to take excellent care of the device.

“The maintenance culture is the main concern for us during the learning process. We are all fulfilling our major duties if parents understand that they have a part to play and that they will be responsible for paying for their children’s laptop destruction.

We are all accountable for supporting the implementation of the policy if parents know that their children will bring their laptops and tablets home from vacation and that, should they be damaged, they will have to pay to have them fixed. If this is the case, then parents should take action when it occurs.

According to Kofi Asare, it’s critical that KA Technologies Ghana Limited, the business that supplied these tablets, act quickly to repair any damage that arises during the warranty term.

“The tablets are covered by a one-year warranty. Since this is more than just a tablet, we expect the company that supplied the tablets to act promptly if any damage to the tablets arises from within the warranty and ensure that the kids can resume access to textbooks and other learning materials right away. It’s a guidebook. It is a source of information.

Students cannot afford to lose it for longer than a day because it contains a variety of learning materials that they will need to utilize. And all those involved in facility maintenance, you know, have to be up and doing it.

Speaking on Monday, March 25, 2024, on TV3’s Ghana Tonight, he said that setting up district-level solution centers for upkeep and support would be beneficial. at order to establish a smooth learning environment for instructors and students, he also recommended that ICT coordinators and tutors at senior high schools receive the necessary training to address any hardware problems that may arise.

“I believe it will be wise to establish district-level solution centers where we can offer in-the-moment maintenance support if hardware problems arise. Since both teachers and students now own computers and tablets, there will probably be roughly 5,000 tablets and laptops on government programs in an area with two senior high schools. highlighted.

Thus, we should consider investing in long-term systems that offer maintenance assistance. As an alternative, we might consider educating the senior high school ICT coordinators and tutors,” he underlined.

Additionally, he said that the policy is constantly being examined to guarantee that top-notch service is provided and that previous errors are avoided.

“The public is concerned about the procurement difficulties. And quite properly so—even though taxpayer funds were utilized, obtaining the Ministry of Education’s purchase information shouldn’t be too tough. The value for the money is what interests us. Above all, we care about receiving high-quality services, so we are also interested in spending money wisely.

We have therefore already begun monitoring the initiative based on the information we are receiving, I can guarantee you.

Two months ago, when the senior high school ICT tutors were being trained and simulations were being conducted, we began to observe the project. We are quite familiar with the outcomes of the RLG and the earlier school laptop programs. Based on that rationale, we want to keep a careful eye on the implementation of this program to avoid drawing the same conclusions as we did with the RLG program.

We need to make sure that the 1.3 or 1.4 million tablets that are planned to be purchased have been delivered, received, and used for the intended purposes in terms of both quality and functionality,” Dr. Asare said.

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