He therefore called on Government and all stakeholders in education to invest heavily in ICT to help arrest the situation.  He noted that children these days are more comfortable with the use of these new technologies; therefore Ghana could take advantage of the situation and use ICT in the acquisition of knowledge.

Rev Dr Okae-Adjei was speaking at the second open day celebration of the Nsukwao M/A Basic School at Koforidua.The theme for the celebration was, ‘’Arresting the falling standards in Education’’. He explained that the poor learning outcomes are as a result of several factors such as, non conducive environment for learning, lack of classrooms, toilet facilities, water, electricity, innovative technology and inadequate supply of motivated teachers.

He said with respect to mathematics, ICT can facilitate teaching and learning of the subject through inquiry-based learning like ‘’WebQuest’’ activities, in which pupils work with information they find from the internet.

Mr Kwame Ofori, New Juaben Municipal Director of Education, advised parents to give the needed support to their wards in the public schools to enable them perform better than their colleagues in the private schools.

Mr Bower Tettey Solomon Amartey, Headmaster of the School, said the school was established in 1964 and with the support of some past headmasters and mistresses, the Municipal Education office, Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and other stakeholders; the school has developed to its current status.

He said the school was faced with many challenges including the non- completion of the Junior High School (JHS) blocks and the Kindergarten (KG) block, as a result both KG one and two all share the same classroom. The school also lacks of portable water, a library and canteen as well as a fence to secure the school.

The occasion was also use to commission a Gh¢60,000.00 computer Laboratory for the school, which was built by an old student, Mr Richard kojo Amoako, who is based overseas. The newly furbished ICT centre has 10 sets of desktop computers, printer, laptop and tables.