The Global Institute of Business and Information, Communication and Technology Study (GIRIDTS), an educational institute at New Abirem, on Friday presented a computer worth GHC 800 to the Birim North Umbrella Youth Association (BNUYA), at a ceremony in the town.
The donation was part of the institute's social responsibility to communities and organizations in the district, to help build the capacity of the youth in ICT studies.
Presenting the computer, the director of the institute, Mr Foster Oteng, said since the establishment of the institute a year ago, it has awarded scholarship packages to 10 Junior High School (JHS) pupils who emerged first and second in the Newmont Inter-Schools "edutainment"
competition, and two other selected youth in the district to undertake free ICT training for three
months.
He said the institute would provide the association with a printer and also award a scholarship package to the best JHS pupil in ICT studies, at next year's Basic School Certificate Examination (BECE), from the district to undertake ICT study for the general business
examination certificate in information technology.
Receiving the computer, the President of BUNYA, Mr Bernard Owusu-Boateng, thanked the institute for the assistance and promised to put it to effective use.
He appealed to other organizations operating in the district to emulate the institute and come to the aid of the youth in the district.