Theme: Eastern Region Leads – Educators at the Forefront of Sustainable Digital Education
Where the opening of the Teacher Experience Centre on Day 1 was high profile, Day 2 of Digital Education Week brought youthful energy, creativity, and a bit of competition to Koforidua — while future teachers were building serious digital skills in Aburi. And again, one thing stood out: The Eastern Region is not waiting. It is leading.
Theme: Eastern Region Leads – Educators at the Forefront of Sustainable Digital Education
Where the opening of the Teacher Experience Centre on Day 1 was high profile, Day 2 of Digital Education Week brought youthful energy, creativity, and a bit of competition to Koforidua — while future teachers were building serious digital skills in Aburi. And again, one thing stood out: The Eastern Region is not waiting. It is leading.
Koforidua: Coding for Kids Competition Comes Alive
At King Jesus School, the Digital Education Lab was full of focus. Together with partner Amalitech, afiDE Ghana organised the Coding for Kids demonstration for invited headmasters and teachers to experience.
Six teams of students sat behind their computers, working on the same challenge:
>> Create an animation in Scratch about someone going to the market to buy a melon.
Sounds simple, it wasn’t.
Creativity, logic and storytelling
Each team approached it differently.
Some focused on:
* the visuals
* the movement
* the story
Others went deeper into how the interaction worked.
Visitors moved from screen to screen as students:
* explained their thinking
* showed how their animation worked
* spoke confidently about their choices
This was not just coding.
>> This was thinking,
storytelling, and problem-solving.
A winning idea: bringing negotiation to life
One team stood out. A group of three students created an animation that went beyond visuals. They programmed a realistic negotiation process between the buyer and the market seller.
* prices were proposed
* counter-offers were made
* deals were taken
It felt real.
The jury decided that:
>> both the strong visuals and the clever negotiation logic made them the winners.
More than coding: learning to speak and stand proud
When the prize was awarded, Brianna Dika, Service Manager at afiDE Ghana, addressed the students.
She highlighted something important:
- Not only the quality of the work…
- but the courage to explain it.
Because throughout the competition, students were encouraged to:
- present their work clearly
- stand in front of others
- speak out loud and with confidence
Her message was simple:
>> These are skills for life.
Meanwhile in Aburi: future teachers step up
While students were competing in Koforidua, another group was learning in Aburi.
At Presbyterian Women’s College of Education (PWCE), tutors and student teachers started afiDE’s Bronze Training.
Understanding how digital education works
This training goes beyond basic ICT.
Student teachers explored:
- how digital systems work
- what algorithms are
- how AI is shaping education
And most importantly:
>> how to bring this into their own teaching.
Learning by building
Very quickly, the session became practical.
Using PictoBlox, students started building their own:
* calculators
* simple programs
* logic-based applications
You could hear the realisation:
“Now I understand it.”
Ending the day with a new beginning
The day ended with an important step.
Tutors and student teachers came together in an interactive session to launch a collaboration between: PWCE, GSET and afiDE Ghana
>> A first in Ghana.
The goal: To develop practical ways of teaching the national teacher curriculum in a digital context
They discussed:
* where the gaps are
* what needs to change
* how to better prepare teachers
Eastern Region taking the lead
With the Teacher Experience Centre opened on Day 1, and today’s activities in both Koforidua and Aburi…
>> The Eastern Region is now home to two major firsts in Ghana.
And Day 2 showed clearly:
- Students can create
- Students can present
- Teachers are ready to learn and lead
Day 2 takeaway
Pim de Bokx, co-founder of the African Digital Education network, who flew in from the Netherlands for the week, followed the sessions closely.
“You see the same thing in many countries,” he noted. “When teachers get the chance to really explore digital tools themselves, everything starts to change.”
He added: “Digital education is not just about devices. It is about teaching in a world that is rapidly becoming digital.”
Because in the end, it comes down to:
- confidence
- creativity
- communication
- and strong teaching
>> And all of that is growing here — in the Eastern Region.
