In an interview with Ghana’s News Agency in Accra Wednesday, March 18, Mr. Tetteh explained that the platform had been designed in an interactive manner to test students against various benchmarks and obtain instant results as well as to serve as guidance for self-improvement.
He said for a student to get connected, they would need to download the eCampus Application at http://eCampus.com.gh, sign up with referral code VIVOABCDE and then search for SHS and subscribe.
Mr. Tetteh said the move was also part of the efforts to promote Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics among students, especially females to train many in those fields. He said the application contains the syllabus being used in schools and served as a very useful tool in ensuring that the process of learning was not interrupted while at home.
In a conversation with ACI Africa correspondent about the initiative and its benefits to students in Catholic Schools, the General Manager of Catholic Schools in Ghana, Doris Ashun encouraged students to take advantage of the e-learning platform to undertake further studies on the portal during their time away from school.
“I urge all students of Catholic Schools, especially those at home, to fill the knowledge gap during this time,” Mrs. Ashun said, calling on parents and guardians to ensure their children adhere to precautionary measures by the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health.
Ebenezer Hasford, a form three Basic School pupil of St. John’s Preparatory School, a private institution at New Achimota in Accra told ACI Africa correspondent that the ABCDE platform was a welcome idea for students who could now engage in meaningful activities even as schools closed down.
“I am happy that there is an initiative by an organisation to help us learn while at home,” Hasford said, adding, “It is a positive way to support students remain engaged in meaningful learning outside of the classroom.”
Following Ghana President’s directive, the management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism in support of the government’s advice to venture into novel teaching methods has also tasked its academic staff to try online teaching for one month.
A communique of the institution’s management reads, “This new development of one-month online teaching and learning takes effect on March 17, 2020. The decision of the institutions for academic staff to try online teaching and learning is in line with the suspension of public gatherings and closure of schools.”
Lessons at the institute are to be conducted via email, WhatsApp, Telegram, google classroom and other digital platforms.
