The Ghana Code Club, a social enterprise in ICT, will be collaborating with the Ghana Education Service to train students, especially those in underserved communities, in coding and AI.
The Club has introduced an initiative, dubbed “Coding & AI Without Computers,” which seeks to train students in coding even without access to computers or the internet.
The initiative was unveiled in Accra on Wednesday at the African University of Communications and Business (AUCB).
Madam Ernestina Edem Appiah, the Founder of Ghana Code Club, said the initiative was developed to reduce inequity between schools with and without ICT infrastructure.
“While the government’s policy intent on digital literacy is strong, infrastructure constraints continue to delay full implementation, particularly at the basic school level.”
“It is within this context that Ghana Code Club has developed a practical and scalable solution of Coding & Al Without Computers,” she added.
Madam Appiah said schools could prepare learners in coding, computational thinking, and foundational AI concepts before infrastructure was fully in place.
She added that teachers could begin delivering future skills immediately, even in low-resource environments.
Professor Kojo Yankah, Vice Chancellor of AUCB, said digital literacy had become an important component of education needed to build students’ capacity for the future.
“No matter the level of one’s education, digital literacy is needed to survive in this technological age,” he said.
He urged the students to take advantage of the initiative and explore coding and AI to develop programmes to improve their lives and communities.
