Minister of Education Haruna Iddrisu has raised alarm over growing reports that some students are using government-issued learning tablets to access inappropriate content, including pornography.
Addressing Parliament on Thursday, November 27, the Minister revealed that nearly a million of the 1.3 million tablets supplied to Senior High Schools have not yet been fully configured to limit usage strictly to academic work.
According to him, the devices were part of a $337 million contract he inherited, aimed at equipping students in the Free SHS programme with digital learning tools. “About 1.3 million tablets were to be distributed nationwide, and so far, roughly 980,000 have been deployed,” he noted.
He further explained that many of the tablets still lack the necessary restrictions, allowing students to use them for activities unrelated to education. “My attention has been drawn to the fact that several devices are not customised and are being used for other purposes, including accessing pornographic material. This is unacceptable,” he said.
Haruna Iddrisu assured Parliament that the government is treating the issue seriously and is moving to enforce strict controls on the devices. He stressed that the tablets must be limited to learning materials and used solely for academic improvement.