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Michael Sarpong Mfum in Ghana

HISTORICAL FACTS: Ghana bets on ai and coding to modernise basic education - Caught on Camera

Pupils at an Information Communication Technology Laboratory at Methodist Basic School, Berekum.
Pupils at an Information Communication Technology Laboratory at Methodist Basic School, Berekum. © Michael Sarpong Mfum

Accra, Ghana – Ghana has introduced artificial intelligence, coding and computer programming into its national curriculum, for pupils from kindergarten to junior high school, becoming one of the few African countries to embed these subjects in basic education.

The reform, announced by Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu, is part of a broader overhaul of the Ghana's education system, aimed at equipping children with digital skills from an early age while strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.

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