Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has commissioned a digital repository for the Wesley Girls Senior High School in Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana.
The facility, which was funded by the Vice President is to honour the memory of his late mother, Hajia Mariama Bawumia, a former student.
The repository will help past and current students and staff, retrieve important records of the school digitally and with ease.
“Following the passing of my mother, in 2021, I was touched by the visit of her classmates of the 1960 year group, to commiserate with me and the family. I was privileged to be approached by the Old Girls’ Association on behalf of the school on the 1st Anniversary of her passing, to assist with the provision of a digital repository for the school, which I happily supported in honour of my late mother. As a result of the project, all student records have been digitized and can be easily accessed at the touch of a button,” Bawumia said.
He urged all other institutions in the country to also digitize their records.
“I am hopeful that all other educational institutions that are yet to do so will follow suit and digitize their precious records.”
