Each trainee received a certificate after completing the gold training

Computerlabs Ghana(CLG) and Ghana Society for Education and Technology (GSET) train Educators to become Certified Digital Education Trainers in Ghana.

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Computerlabs Ghana (CLG) and the Ghana Society for Education and Technology (GSET) have trained selected Computing educators to become certified and sustainable digital education trainers in Ghana. The training is one part of the 4 types of digital education training that CLG provides to its partner schools’ educators.

The two-day workshops, held from August 21st to 22nd at West Legon Academy, a partner school, aimed to equip educators with the technological knowledge and skills necessary to empower their colleagues. Also, to build a pool of highly competent facilitators who can confidently represent CLG in delivering Base, Bronze, and Silver trainings to teachers and learners in Ghana.

Gold training in progress led by the GSET team
Gold training in progress led by the GSET team

After the training, the trained educators are expected to apply advanced facilitation techniques and pedagogical approaches aligned with CLG’s framework, demonstrate mastery of instructional designs, delivery, and reflective practice, and also serve as certified CLG Trainers, strengthening the organization’s training capacity nationwide.

Computerlabs Ghana, currently the only social enterprise in Ghana that provides sustainable digital education for schools, is on a mission to promote or enhance digital literacy, bridge the digital gap, and prepare the current and the next generation for the digital world.

Hands-on practical sessions in progress
                  Hands-on practical sessions in progress

BACKGROUND

Through research, CLG discovered that most schools in Ghana lack sustainable digital education, due to various factors, including educators lacking the requisite digital knowledge and skills that they need to teach the learners. CLG, as part of its digital-education-as-service, provides stages of training for partner schools’ educators, including the gold training. Through gold training, CLG aims to equip more teachers with the technological skills needed today. The newly trained educators will, in turn, train others, helping ensure that most teachers in the country become digitally skilled and ready for modern classrooms.

Each trainee received a certificate after completing the gold training
Each trainee received a certificate after    completing the gold training

CLG is here to save the future of the next generation and help Ghana develop. We are calling on all schools, stakeholders, government bodies, NGOs, and individuals to support the mission of the organization, which will benefit our society and the development of this country. You can reach out to CLG on CALL:053 511 1599 and EMAIL: info@afide.network to partner with us for a sustainable digital education today.

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

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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.