The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has expressed concern over reports that some students are using government-provided tablets to access other non-academic activities including pornographic content.
Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, November 27, Haruna Iddrisu said that around 980,000 of the 1.3 million tablets distributed to Senior High Schools nationwide still need to be fully customised and restricted to academic use.
“I inherited a contract with about 337 million US dollars, where some 1.3 million tablets were to be distributed across the country to all free senior high schools in the country so that learners can have access to digital tools. I’m told that the deployment of that is around 980,000,” he said.
He added, “Mr Speaker, my attention was drawn to the fact that many of the devices are not customised and the students are using them for other purposes, including pornography, which is not acceptable.”
The Minister emphasised that the government is taking the matter seriously.
“Mr Speaker, the government is taking a high view of it, and there must be restrictions as to what the tablets can be used for, and they should be used strictly for the purpose of study,” he said.
