INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AS A MEANS OF ENHANCING EDUCATION IN GHANAIAN SCHOOLS: BENEFITS, CHALLENGES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Dorcas Boateng

ICT integration into the school curriculum have become popular in the country's educational institutions. Even

before the government of Ghana on the basis of the Anamuah-Mensah committee on education recommended ICT

infusion into the educational system, there were extensive ICT integration attempts initiated by Parent/Teacher Associations, Old Students

Associations, non-governmental organizations and some ICT related establishments. This indeed is a clear manifestation of how conscious

Ghanaians have become about the importance of ICT in institutions of learning. Unfortunately, however, a close observation of the emergence

of ICTs in Ghanaian Schools seems to lack definite goals for teaching and learning. The use of ICT in schools to enhance learning could help

overcome some of the challenges of improving the efficiency and productivity of both teaching and learning in Ghanaian schools, thereby

narrowing the digital divide