The Ghana Education Service (GES) has allocated laptops to 233 teachers and select non-teaching personnel in the Okaikwei North Municipality within the Greater Accra Region.

This laptop distribution is part of the government’s One Teacher, One Laptop initiative.

The distribution event was held at the Municipal Education Directorate in Achimota, where recipients completed validation steps, including presenting their Ghana Cards, before receiving their laptops and bags.

Teachers conveyed their appreciation to both the government and their union leaders for the prompt rollout of the program.

One teacher noted, “The trend in education is driven purely by ICT, and devices such as computer laptops come in handy to enhance the teacher’s efforts.”

Recent reports indicate that pre-tertiary teachers across all five Northern regions of the country have also benefited from the program.

The regions covered are Northern, North East, Savannah, Upper East, and Upper West.

A mop-up operation is currently in progress to ensure that primary school teachers, those on study leave, and GES office staff in these areas obtain their laptops.

Staff members, both teaching and non-teaching, who have yet to receive their laptops can create a collection code by dialing 790555# and reaching out to their ICT Coordinators for support.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the manufacturing company based in Accra urged all remaining beneficiaries to use the provided shortcode and contact their ICT Coordinators.

The company reported that almost 96 percent of eligible GES staff have already received their laptops. They are now focusing on completing the distribution to ensure all remaining beneficiaries get theirs, marking the end of the nationwide rollout. The shortcode has been introduced to streamline this final phase of distribution.

Teachers in the Ashanti, Greater Accra, North East, Upper West, Upper East, Northern, and Savannah Regions can activate their shortcode and reach out to their ICT Coordinators starting Friday, July 26, to collect their laptops.

Teachers and non-teaching staff in the remaining 10 regions will follow the same process starting Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

The One Teacher, One Laptop programme, launched in September 2021, aims to improve teaching and learning outcomes in pre-tertiary educational institutions nationwide.

Under the programme, every public school teacher from kindergarten to senior high school is to receive a laptop to aid in lesson preparation, research, and learning.

The government covers 70 per cent of the laptop cost, with teachers contributing the remaining 30 per cent through their unions.

These laptops also enable teachers to access digital online training through National Teaching Council-approved modules, ensuring that teaching aligns with National Teachers Standards across the country.