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Rev. J.C. Mensah Memorial Methodist School Partners with afiDE Ghana to Promote Sustainable Digital Education

JC Mensah Memorial School in Dansoman has partnered with afiDE Ghana(RGC) to promote sustainable digital literacy in the school.

Through this collaboration, both organizations would foster digital literacy, ensuring that students are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in this increasingly digital world.

The partnership aims to provide learners with extra-modern computerlabs, a 20-student workstation, and one computer for the computing facilitator. RGC will provide maintenance, repair, replacement, and teacher training so JC Mensah Memorial School can continue to provide sustainable digital education to its learners.

Every digital education needs access to the Internet. RGC will provide monthly internet data to J.C Mensah Memorial School so that educators and learners can use the Internet to aid teaching and learning.

TEACHER TRAINING

A computer lab without the right computing facilitators to teach the subject accurately is of no use. For RGC to ensure that educators are using their computerlab effectively and to its maximum effect, they conduct base training for all educators who are going to use the computing facility.

On the 12th of November 2024, afiDE Ghana conducted a base training for the teachers at J.C Mensah Memorial School to kick start using the computerlab and empower the teachers with the basic computing skills they need in this digital world.

The training looked at the basic component of the computerlab, the rules and regulations regarding RGC’s computerlab.

Contact us today for a computerlab with compulsory maintenance, replacement, remote monitoring, desk help, teacher training, and even more. CALL:053 511 1599

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Jay’s International School Wins Maiden Edition of Coding for Kids(C4K) Competition organized by afiDE Ghana(RGC) and AmaliTech.

Jay’s International School at Oyarifa in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana won the maiden edition of the Coding for Kids competition organized by afiDE Ghana(RGC) and AmaliTech.

Coding for Kids(C4K) was a side event at RGC’s digital transition conference, which was organized on November 15, 2024, at the Confucious Institute at the University of Ghana, Legon. The schools that participated in the C4K competition were Acropolis Maranatha School—Pokuase, Royal Madonna School—Taifa, Jay’s International School—Oyarifa, and Clarus Academy—Oyarifa.

At the end of the competition, Acropolis Maranatha School scored 84 points, Royal Madonna scored 87 points, Clarus Academy scored 88 percent and Jay’s International School took home the prize with 89 points.

 

Begin with “The coding competition was an opportunity for students to exhibit their programming skills and to showcase the use of one of our software: Scratch. In the space of four weeks, RGC and AmaliTech assessed the selected schools. AmaliTech gave the schools a two-week training curriculum. The schools were assessed to see whether they were ready for the coding competition or not.

There were three challenges allocated to all three schools. The challenges focused on social good such as Environmental Protection, Peer Pressure, and Education.

Acropolis came up with a project around protecting the environment, with some very interesting ideas about a superhero and a bad guy who had his minions.

Clarus Academy also took a similar approach by explaining and exploring the topic in greater detail, but they did not include the superhero element. Additionally, they worked on a project focused on environmental protection

Jay’s International School worked on peer pressure, including decision-making and an interesting quiz at the end. Royal Madonna also did a project on peer pressure. Rules governed the competition. The participants were allowed access to the internet to explore and be more creative.

The judging criteria was grouped into Technical, Creativity, and Team Dynamics. The judges were Mr. Paul Asitik from AmaliTech, a technical judge, Miss Miriam Ocloo from GSET, a Creativity judge, and Mr. Kwarteng of Educare, a Team Dynamics judge.

Amalitech staff and each school’s computing facilitators were acknowledged on stage and appreciated.

RGC and AmaliTech congratulate Jay’s International School (Oyarifa) for winning the inaugural Coding for Kids (C4K) competition and we wish them all the best in their programming journey.

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afiDE Ghana to organize Digital Transition Conference

afiDE Ghana to organize Digital Transition Conference

afiDE Ghana in partnership with Amalitech, Ghana Society Education and Technology(GSET), TechAide, EduCare, Ghana Education Society(GES), AmaliTech, Developp, Ghana Education (GES), EMPAC, DTM, Quartmani Educare Partner(EduCare,) CENDLOS, DMT, Vandzilah, and 1A Computerlabs is organizing RGC’s annual event themed as Digital Transition Conference.

The conference will take place on the 15th of November 2024 at the Confucius Institute of the University of Ghana from 9 AM to 4 PM prompt.

The objectives for the events are as follows;

  • Showcase the importance of digital education in Ghana.
  • Schools for Digital Education
  • Explore emerging trends in education technology (EdTech).
  • Connect educators, stakeholders, and tech leaders to drive digital transformation in schools.
  • Position/Market RGC

The expected audience includes School leaders and administrators, Computing teachers and educators, Students, PTA, Government education officials, NGOs and Corporate Leaders, and some selected media houses and personalities.

There will be keynote discussions by the Chief Executive Officer for RGC (Hanc de Box),  on Trends in Digital Education & Future of Schools.

The panel discussions for the conference will focus on;

-”Digital Literacy – Needed changes in how we educate”

-“The Digital Education Transition – also a Corporate Need” and “Digital Literacy – Needed Changes in how we educate”.

There will be two side events; Scratch competition (Coding for kids competition) and Silver training. The coding competition will harbor three schools for the competition. The schools are; Acropolis Maranatha School – Pokuase, Jay’s International School – Abokobi, and Royal Madonna School – Tiafa.

The scratch competition is tagged as “Code for Change: Digging a Future, Not Destruction” – “Scratch the Surface, Save the Earth.

RGC, through the event, will play a documentary about how computerlab-as-a-service is benefiting partner schools, and also, introduce a new portal called Asanka; a hub for educational resources for promoting digital education in Ghana.

Register to be part of this life-changing digital transition conference today.

REGISTER HERE: https://afide.network/registration-form/

 

 

 

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Cyrus International School Enhances Digital Education for its Learners

Cyrus International School Enhances Digital Education for its Learners

Cyrus International School located at Tema Community 2 has taken a bold step to enhance digital education for its students. The school has partnered with afiDE Ghana (RGC) for RGC’s computerlab-as-a-service initiative to promote digital education.

RGC has installed 21 workstations for the school, one workstation for the educator, and 20 workstations for the students. The computerlab comes with Ghana Education Service’s ICT-approved curriculum software, remote monitoring, regular hardware and software maintenance, a central server and switch, an Uninterrupted Power Supply(UPS) backup battery, an 8/5 help desk, a 4G router with monthly internet data, and teacher training and support.

RGC’s initiative takes into account the high cost and headache of maintaining a modern computerlab for schools in Ghana. RGC is responsible for the smooth operation of the computerlab, so that partner schools can focus on providing effective and quality digital education to its learners, which will prepare them for the data and digital-driven world, and in the end help the nation develop.

TEACHER TRAINING AND SUPPORT

On 31st October 2024, afiDE Ghana conducted a base training for the teachers at Cyrus International School to kick start the use of the computerlab. The teachers were empowered with basic ICT skills they needed to improve their teaching skills. RGC facilitator took the teachers through some basic ICT software, such as TIP10, Scratch, and GES-approved educational software

During the training, the educators were taught how to use and maintain the computerlab, and basic rules and regulations regarding RGC’s computerlab.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL

Cyrus International School, formerly Cyrus Montessori was established on 31st December 2016 and aims at facilitating children’s development following a fusion of Montessori and Cambridge curricula from early years to pre-university level education.

Cyrus International School is a first-class school providing quality education with the aim of offering limitless lifelong opportunities to children in Ghana and from around the globe.

Their skillful and experienced teachers utilize cutting-edge global education principles that nurture children to become critical thinkers, analytical, global, emotionally intelligent, highly effective, lifelong learners, and great citizens.

CONTACT US

Parents, guardians, and students would love to enroll in schools that promote digital education, do not lose students because your school lacks a modern computerlab. Partner with us today to promote digital education in your school.

CALL: 053 511 1599

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afiDE Ghana(RGC) Partners with GSET to conduct an advance computing skills training for educators.

afiDE Ghana(RGC) in partnership with the Ghana Society for Education and Technology(GSET), has conducted advanced computing training for educators in some parts of the Greater Accra region of Ghana.

The advanced training, coined as bronze training, is an add-on to RGC’s base training, which focused on empowering computing facilitators, formerly ICT facilitators with comprehensive and advanced computing and digital education skills.

 

The training took place at three different places; Nsawam Methodist Primary School (Nsawam) and Acropolis Maranatha Academy (Pokuase) and Sege Community Lab (Sege-Ada West District) from 15th to 16th, 22nd to 23rd, and 29th to 30th October 2024, respectively. More than 50 computing teachers from different public and private schools in the region attended the bronze training.

The bronze training is a module built by RGC to help computing educators understand more advanced programming concepts such as data- structures, functions, and object-oriented programming. During the training, the teachers were made to undertake complex programming projects to prepare them to teach and encourage students to pursue coding initiatives and also, support and mentor students in advanced coding projects to foster their creativity and problem-solving skills.

 

The computing teachers learned and had on hand practical experience with database management systems such as MySQL, Microsoft Access, and so on. During the practical sessions, the teachers were able to extract meaningful information or insight from raw data to create reports and foster their data-driven decision-making in our educational sector.

Another key topic that was taught during the training was:

  • Networking: Teachers understood networking principles, including network types, protocols, and configurations.
  • Cybersecurity: Teachers implement cybersecurity best practices to protect networked systems.

 

Teachers were trained on how to manage and secure ICT environments in their schools, ensuring data privacy and network integrity, and also to take leadership roles in advocating for and implementing technology initiatives in their schools. In addition, teachers were maltreated to provide guidance and mentorship to students engaged in ICT-related projects in their various schools.

Teachers were encouraged to collaborate with non-computing teachers to facilitate technology integration across subjects and grade levels to help boost digital education within Ghanaian society. Teachers were also guided on how to create ICT policies aligned with educational goals and student needs, draft budgets for ICT projects, effectively allocate resources, and develop strategic plans for the seamless integration of ICT into the school curriculum.

afiDE Ghana is keen to provide a solution to the digital education gap within our society, by rendering our computerlab-a-service to schools in Ghana.