Not a single student is using the tablet promised by Akufo-Addo – Dr. Apaak

The Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Clement Apaak, says the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government could not fulfill its promise of providing tablets to Ghanaian students.

Speaking on the 2025 budget in Parliament on Monday, Dr. Apaak also stated that the previous government cannot show Ghanaians any part of the 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, whereas some payments have been made for about 710,000 tablets out of ostensibly 1.3 million tablets, only 250,000 tablets have been distributed

“And 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”, Dr. Apaak stated.

The deputy minister also mentioned one hot chocolate drink or one bar of chocolate promised by the previous administration as a 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”, Dr. Apaak stated.