The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has launched a new television station to provide opportunity for students across the country to learn through digital media.
Speaking at the launch yesterday in Accra, the minister said the TV station would also help enhance access to education at all levels, improve quality of teaching and learning as well as, make education relevant to the socio-economic transformation agenda of the country.
According to the minister, visual learning helps students to retain knowledge for a long time, hence, the need for the ministry to establish a TV station that would not only provide opportunity to improve students’ learning outcomes in Ghana, but a medium to reach out to many students in all parts of the country.
The minister, who was excited about the new phase of education in recent times following the development in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), said apart from Ghana, the TV station will also broadcast to 27 other African countries.
“This is a watershed moment for our nation, a time to tell our story to the world. The education system is emerging to become one of the best in the world, but a time to also provide a platform for our children to learn, a time to democratise education,” he stated.
He added that the Ministry of Education TV (MOE channel) would also provide students access to inclusive quality education regardless of location, using distance mode.
Dr. Adutwum further indicated that considering the major investment made by the NPP government in the education sector, especially on STEM education in the last seven years, the TV station will help Ghanaians to appreciate the educational infrastructure across the country.
Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling (CENDLOS), the agency mandated to infuse ICT into education, tasked to ensure every child irrespective of location has access to education and in charge of distance education in Ghana, spearheaded the establishment of the MOE Channel located at Ridge in Accra.
Executive Director of the Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling, Nana Gyamfi Adwabour, for his part, said the center, which focuses on educational technology, infrastructure capacity and content assessment, will broadcast programmes that would dovetail into the major objectives of the centre.
He said the Ministry of Education channel (MOE Channel) will also highlight the activities of its agencies and partners such as the National School Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA), Ghana Education Service (GES) and stakeholders who have over the years embarked on projects to enhance education in Ghana.
