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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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