GIFEC donates 20 laptops to Valley View University

The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC) has presented 20 laptops and their accessories to the Kumasi branch of the Valley View University at a ceremony at the Oduom Campus of the university in Kumasi.

Valued at Gh¢60,000, the donation was aimed at enhancing the teaching and learning of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as the globe was gradually drifting into the Information Technology (IT) era.

The Chief Executive Officer of GIFEC, Mr Kofi Asante, in an address read on his behalf said the donation was part of GIFEC’s vision of “bridging the digital divide across the country”.

Maintenance culture

He, therefore, urged the school authorities to ensure that the computers were maintained to serve the purpose for the donation towards increasing access to ICT in the country, especially in the rural areas of the country.

Mr Asante stated that GIFEC was a universal fund meant for the underserved and unserved communities in the country which equally deserved the right to be part of the spread and usage of IT in all facets of the national economy.

Assurance of expansion

He assured all Ghanaians that everything possible was being done to ensure that every community in the country, especially those in the hinterland, had access to the Internet and other IT-related services.

The Dean of Students at the Valley View University, Pastor Dr Kwabena Annor Boafo, lauded GIFEC for the support which he said could not have come at a better time.

He was particularly happy that the items would go a long way to enhance the current drift to virtual lessons as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

E-learning era

The dean was upbeat that the new equipment would support research, E-assessment and all forms of studies that involved the usage of internet and computers.

He pledged the school’s readiness to adopt a prudent maintenance culture for the computers to ensure that they last longer to serve many more students and members of the various faculties in the school.

The dean, who is also the chaplain of the school, pledged the VVU’s readiness to complement government’s effort at ensuring that education was the number one driving force for the nation’s development agenda.