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Dr. Apaak exposes Akufo-Addo for broken promises to Ghanaian students

The Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Clement Apaak, has exposed the previous Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government for failing to provide Ghanaians with smart schools as promised.

Commenting on the 2025 budget in Parliament on Monday, the Deputy Minister stated that despite the grand launch by the previous government, they failed to provide any smart schools for Ghanaians.

“Mr. Speaker, I would be remiss if I don’t make some comparisons or draw the attention of Ghanaians to what persisted before the current regime came into power. Not long ago, we were told that Ghana was going to see the establishment of smart schools and a launch took place with pomp and pageantry,” Dr. Apaak stated.

According to him, out of an ostensibly 1.3 million tablets, only 250,000 tablets have been distributed.

“Mr. Speaker, I want you to indulge me by indicating if you know of any part of this country where a smart school has been built. Mr. Speaker, sometime in 2023, there was an announcement of the introduction of a one-student, one-tablet policy. Mr. Speaker, as I speak to you today, while some payments have been made for about 710,000 tablets out of the supposed 1.3 million tablets, only 250,000 tablets have been distributed,” Dr. Apaak stated.

He further added, “Even in the schools where the tablets have been distributed, not a single student in the Republic of Ghana is using any tablet. Mr. Speaker, another failed promise.”

“Most Ghanaians will remember the now infamous promise of providing one hot chocolate drink or one bar of chocolate to our students in the public school system. Mr. Speaker, if that has happened, it may have been yesterday—another broken promise.”