Mahama Alleges SHS Free Tablets as NPP’s Vote-Buying Strategy for New 18-Year-Olds

John Mahama flagbearer of the NDC has accused the government of vote buying under the guise of providing free Tablets for students. The government launched free tablets for Senior High School (SHS) students on Monday, March 25, 2024.

According to the Executive Director of the Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling, Nana Gyamfi Adwabour, this is part of the Ghana Smart Schools Project.

The project, he said, is to provide teaching and learning management systems, digital learning content, and electronic devices to all senior high and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools nationwide.

The flagbearer of the NDC believes it is a political gimmick for votes especially when the students lack textbooks.

“You bring a new curriculum, the children have no textbooks in basic school for the last four years and you think that giving pre-tertiary students tablets is more important. Of course, everybody knows the political expediency,” he said at a forum held at Wisconsin University College Accra.

“The pre-tertiary students are going to register in May because some of them will be turning 18 years and above, some are 18 already and they are going to be the ones voting. So, this is a gift to entice them to vote for the current government,” he stated.