General News of Tuesday, 29 December 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comIFEST proposes two education policy directions for Ghana in 2021File photo: Random picture of students and a teacher in a class room. The Institute of Education Studies (IFEST), education think tank, has proposed two key policy directions for managers of education in Ghana in 2021 following disruptions that hit the sector by the coronavirus pandemic this year. The two policy proposals from IFEST for 2021 are: 1. the need for ICT infrastructure development in deprived areas and 2. the need for capacity building for teachers in education technology (EdTech). “We also wish to state that various digital devices used for teaching should be made available to all teachers during their training programmes. We also call for an immediate review of all training programmes in ICT giving to student-teachers in our tertiary institutions.

Source: GhanaWeb December 29, 2020 11:48 UTC