[WSIS CS-Plenary] DECALRATION BY THE YOUTH OF GHANA AT THE NATIONAL YOUTH INFORMATION SOCIETY CAMPAIGN

[Leopold Leslie Lanquaye Armah]

Hi All,
         Below is the declaration of the first ever
National Youth Information Campaign in Ghana tagged
“New Academic Year ICT School’ organized by African
Youth Initiative under the auspices of World Summit on
the Information Society (WSIS) youth caucus in
partnership with Ministry of Communication and
Technology on the 24th , 25th October 2003 at Busy
Internet (one of the largest state of the art Internet
Cafes in West African).
The Campaign attracted over one hundred and twenty
(120) young people from every corner of Ghana and
really marked the genesis of a movement, which
embraces the idea that young people have the potential
and spirit to be useful agents of transformation
through the emerging Information Society in Ghana. 
Activities such was launching of African Youth
Initiative web site for young people, presentation of
awards to National Youth ICT Essay Competition winners
which was published in your newspaper, presentation
and discussion on the National ICT Policy, report on
Monthly Sensitisation program in some selected first
and second cycle schools, Media encounter, excursion
to ICT establishments among others was part of the
Campaign.

Read Below;

DECALRATION BY THE YOUTH OF GHANA AT THE NATIONAL
YOUTH INFORMATION SOCIETY CAMPAIGN FROM 24TH-25TH
October AT BUSY INTERNET. IN ACCRA-GHANA

THE YOUTH AGREED THAT:


•	The advertisement of ICT should be intensified by
the Government.
•	Development partners, private sector,
non-governmental organizations, community based
organization and other benevolent organizations should
be encouraged to help by providing schools with
computers and other items to promote information and
communication technology (ICT).
•	Companies, co-operations and other bodies who import
computers and other accessories and enjoy tax-free
should be socially responsible for the promotion of
ICT.
•	Computer lessons should be included in the school
curriculum.
•	ICT should also be made an elective subject in the
senior secondary schools.
•	Heads of schools should be informed and convinced
about the importance of ICT, who will then convince
the philanthropist in the community to helps promote
ICT and furthermore convince them with incentives like
naming the centers after them.
•	A special fund should be set up to promote and
develop ICT.
•	Government should expedite action to train teachers
to teach ICT to teachers in training colleges before
they come out.
•	The youth should be encouraged to be more sexually
responsible by abstaining from sex in order to live
long to bridge the digital divide through curiosity,
developing a sense of confidence and exploring.
•	Parents and guardians should be well informed about
the need to contribute to the development of ICT in
schools.
•	Female should be encouraged to purse careers in ICT
at the tertiary level.   

Best Regards,

Leopold Armah,
Accra - Ghana


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