Government trains personnel in Information Technology and Management

Accra, May 17, GNA – Government is training a critical mass of Information Technology and Information Management personnel to be deployed in the public service.

Mr Ernest Attuquaye Armah, Deputy Minister of Communication announced this at the World Telecommunications and Information Society Day observed in Accra on Thursday. It is on the theme: "Women and Girls in ICT.”

He said the deployment formed part of the Ghana Public Service Information Technology and Information Management scheme of Service to guide and regulate the recruitment of personnel.

Mr Armah said government recognised the need for effective participation of females to embrace Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a tool for empowerment.

He said developing nations across the globe had made special efforts to institute ICT in basic, secondary and tertiary institutions, grassroots training institutions, communities as well as correctional homes to create avenues for their access to the “new world order.”

Mr Armah called on women in ICT to mentor their counterparts in their catchment areas to “be the best they can be in their various fields of endeavour”.

There was a flag-hoisting ceremony to mark the day.

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