• Promote electronic distance education and training and virtual learning systems to complement and supplement face-to-face campus based education and training systems • Mainstream ICTs throughout the entire educational system to promote life-long learning • Transform the educational system to ensure that there is uninterrupted quality education for all Ghanaians from pre-school to age 17 to reduce poverty and create the opportunity for human development. • Promote ICT awareness computer literacy within the public at large • Develop and restructure the relevant ICT curricula for all levels of the educational system • Encourage collaboration between local and international educational institutions to facilitate educational exchange and the promotion of ICT education and training. • Put in place special schemes to enable students, teachers and educational institutions to purchase computers through attractive financial packages. • Develop an educational intranet to provide educational materials and tools at all levels of the educational system. • Leverage the use of electronic distance learning networks to enhance the delivery of ICT education and training • Develop re-training and re-skilling ICT programmes for the management staff of Ministry of Education and educational institutions at all levels. • Develop educational management and information systems to improve the quality of management of educational institutions. • Promote Internet access to all educational institutions including the schools, universities and colleges • Promote e-learning in the schools and universities • Strengthen science education at all levels and in all aspects of the educational system, especially at the basic and secondary levels • Promote technical and vocational education and training to enhance middle level management in science and technology delivery to all sectors • Facilitate collaboration between the Ministry of Education and various accreditation agencies and examination bodies for ICT education and training. • Ensure that all universities and colleges take steps to progressively offer their programmes and courses online to broaden access to higher education to a large section of the population and to maximize the quality and efficiency of learning processes, systems and activities. 39