The Strategies • Transform Ghana into an information and knowledge-driven ICT literate nation • 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. • Create the conditions for Government Ministries, Public Sector Organizations (PSO) and private sector establishments to train and up-date the skills of their personnel through in-house training, provision of regular refreshal courses, study and training leaves • Promote basic training in ICTs skills in all schools and tertiary institutions • Ensure the development of a large pool of ICT professionals with wide range of state of-the-art ICT skills to meet the manpower needs of the country. • Encourage the private sector, particularly key industries, to establish comprehensive training programmes for their own workforces, especially in new technologies • Support and facilitate the training of women in key skills required by the information and knowledge economy • Encourage life-long learning within the working population to promote on the job training, skills update, further and continuing education and learning within the public and private sector • Ensure that all citizens who qualify to enter tertiary education in Ghana will benefit from such education, irrespective of their socio-economic background • Ensure the provision of support to increase access to technical, vocational education and training to all categories of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups • Encourage links between the education and training systems and the industry • Ensure that traditional apprenticeship system is reformed and strengthened to improve productivity in the informal sector • Encourage internships, co-opts and work-study programmes in all levels within various institutions. • Enact laws that provide equal access to physically challenged and vulnerable groups to ICT training and education. 34