Tamale, Nov 14, GNA- Inter Act, a British NGO, on Thursday donated 60 computers valued at 70 million cedis to the Government Secretarial School in Tamale.

The donation was made after the closing session of a two-week workshop for 20 participants from the Tamale Government Secretarial School, the public, commercial institutions and NGOs in the region who are in partnership with Inter Act.

The participants were trained in practical skills of computer testing/ configuration, basic knowledge of computer components and parts and computer servicing and maintenance.

The objective of the workshop was to help establish an Information Technology (IT) maintenance classes for students and to train people in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions in computer literacy to better their chances in the job market.

Mr Dominic Yaw Osei-Manu, Principal of the school, said the workshop had given the students the knowledge and skills to seek further employment opportunities.

The forum would also create an avenue for the secretarial students and civil servants to upgrade their skills on computer software and hardware programmes.

Mr Osei-Manu said: "In this respect, the coming year will see an increased activity in terms of training workshops and courses for people in the secretarial class."

Mr Nigel Wills, donor partner of Inter Act and resource person for the training course, told the participants not to be discouraged if they had any problem with the handling of the computers, saying, "this is just the beginning of the learning process".

He promised to donate computer spare parts and textbooks to the school next year to help the students to improve their knowledge in Information Communication Technology (ICT).

Mr Hakim Banda, Deputy Northern Regional Coordinating Director, asked the participants to continually upgrade their skills in computer literacy.