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The Youth Information Campaign in
Ghana is organized by the African Youth Initiative
under the auspices of World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) Youth Caucus
in partnership with Ministry of Communication
and Technology. On the 24th and 25th of October
2003 at Busy Internet (a prominent
Internet Cafe in West Africa) over 120 young people
from Ghana came together to embrace
the idea that young people have the potential and spirit
to be useful agents of transformation through the emerging
information society in Ghana. During the gathering awards
were given for National Youth ICT Essay
Competition. There were also discussions
about the launching of the African Youth Initiative
web site for young people and the National
ICT Policy. This included a declaration stating
that promotion of ICT should be intensified and that
this should include collaboration between the government,
the private sector, non-governmental organizations and
community based organizations, with the goal of helping
to providing schools with computers and other items
to promote information and communication technology
(ICT).
Notable concluding points:
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Companies
and other bodies who import computers and other
accessories and enjoy tax-free should see that
the promotion of ICT is in their interests |
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A special fund should
be set up to promote and develop ICT |
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Expedite action to
train teachers to teach ICT to teachers in training
colleges |
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Informed parents
about the need to contribute to the development
of ICT in schools |
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Encourage females
to purse careers in ICT at the tertiary level |
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Bridge the digital
divide through curiosity, developing a sense of
confidence and exploring |
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Include
computer lessons in the school curriculum. |
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Make
ICT an elective subject in the senior secondary
schools |
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