This policy commitment shall in addition contribute to addressing some of the other identified developmental challenges facing Ghana, including: the challenges of the social and economic pressures of a youthful population; the challenges of turning the youthful population into an asset for development as well as the challenges limited human resource capacity characterized by low professional, technical and managerial manpower base of the country Policy Objectives and Strategies The Objectives • To facilitate the deployment, utilization and exploitation of ICTs within the educational system to improve on educational access and delivery and to support teaching and learning from primary school upwards • To modernize the educational system to improve the quality of education and training at all levels of the educational system and expanding access to educational, training and research resources and facilities • To orientate all levels of the country’s educational system to the teaching and learning of science and technology in order to accelerate the acculturation of science and technology in society and produce a critical mass of requisite human resource and a well informed citizenry • To achieve universal basic education and improve the level of basic and computer literacy in the country • To ensure a population in which all citizens are at least functionally literate and productive • To expand and increase access to secondary and tertiary education • To strengthen science education at all levels and in all aspects of the educational system, especially at the basic and secondary levels • To promote technical and vocational education and training to enhance middle level management in science and technology levels The Strategies • Modernize Ghana’s educational system using ICTs to improve and expand access to educational, training and research resources and facilities • Improve the quality of education and training and make the educational system responsive to the needs and requirements of the economy and society with specific reference to the development of the information and knowledge-based economy and society. • Transform Ghana into an information and knowledge-driven ICT literate nation • Introduce computers into all primary, secondary, vocational and technical schools 38