Over the weekend, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia announced that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration would soon implement a “one student, one laptop” policy.
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia stated that textbooks and other teaching and learning resources would be installed on the laptops to be used during lessons while speaking at an event in the Volta Region on Saturday.
He added that the initiative would be put into action by the end of 2023.
“If this country must move forward in the right direction, we must invest in education which is the only platform for preparing nation builders for tomorrow.
“The Minister for Education has also assured me that this year, we’ll start the replacement textbooks with laptops that have textbooks embedded in Senior high Schools”.
However, Ghanaians took to social media to criticize the Vice President for making such a lofty promise.
Many Ghanaians believed that the government should concentrate on providing the students with nutritious food and appropriate textbooks in light of the responses to the policy.
Some of the tweets about the promise are listed below.
@MBawumia u lie aaaaaaaaaaaaa …………….. Y? https://t.co/m4OFfs0Cq1
— Epka (@epka_) May 28, 2023
so this don no go dawg dey lie we😂 https://t.co/h1MSd6qXQ9
— bolt did (@boateng_og) May 28, 2023
tbh… Someone should advice Dr. Bawumia not to run for President. It looks like he has no idea of what is going on in the country… absolutely no idea… such a shame https://t.co/TRu641asaY
— Nana (@greatkoduah) May 28, 2023
Is that what they are going to use the IMF money for? 😂😂 https://t.co/RBwJbqKMDH
— Kofi Boateng (@KofiBoateng_J) May 28, 2023
see ein head. everyday he dey run ein mouth https://t.co/G1cTkaYi6c
— hachimura (@kaysnyche) May 28, 2023
so no one can throw stone at this man’s head? https://t.co/VDGhS6Df5u
— kojo wud (@KojoWud_) May 28, 2023
Wonder where the schools under trees students will keep their laptops https://t.co/nc2MtFfaoQ
— Space Man Tim (@_Tekpetey) May 28, 2023
King promise won’t stop making promises. Aside party stooges I wonder who still believes this guy. His promises don’t even make sense anymore. https://t.co/9q5cUM5VQ5
— Motherfucker Jones (@kofi_233) May 28, 2023
Must he promise something every time he gets the chance to speak? https://t.co/E3LxlUBjbC
— KING HEROD 👑 (@akomatumtum) May 28, 2023
The promises are not only horrendous; they are also made with ridiculous deadlines. https://t.co/fIoRMVPtyk
— Samuel Odartey Lamptey (@officialamodart) May 28, 2023
