One Student, One Tablet project was launched without an approved budget - Minority claims

Clement Apaak, the Deputy Ranking on the Education Committee, said the original idea behind the policy as promised by this government was to distribute the tablets to over 2.7 million students in both the senior and junior high schools.

The statement further highlighted that the government has, through GETFUND, procured only 450,000 tablets for a total of 2,780,115 students.

“Again, it is worth noting that the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government has failed to tell Parliament and the people of Ghana the unit cost of the 450,000 tablets procured through GETFUND.

The Minority is also requesting that the government explain how the 450,000 bought tablets will be distributed and what formula will be utilised?

It further requested that the government not utilise partisan means in determining which schools and kids would benefit from the 450,000 accessible tablets.

“Given, that government has not procured enough tablets to ensure that at least all SHS students get access to these tablets, what criteria will be used to decide and select which students in which schools are to receive these tablets.

With the quantum of revenue this government has been lucky to have at its disposal, from 2017 to present, it’s such a shame that it could only procure 450,000 tablets when we have 1,331,219 (1.3 million) students in SHS and 1,448,896 (1.4 million) in JHS