School Doesn't Have a Computer, This Teacher Draws Microsoft Word on a Whiteboard

School Doesn't Have a Computer, This Teacher Draws Microsoft Word on a Whiteboard

Ghana - There was no rattan root, so this proverb seems appropriate to describe the efforts of a teacher in Ghana so that his students can get more appropriate knowledge.

This teacher named Richard Appiah Akoto, drew the attention of Warganet after a picture of himself drawing a Microsoft Office Word (Microsoft Word) interface with colorful chalk on the board. 

Reported by Quartz , Saturday (03/03/2018), Warganet gave a positive response to the 33-year-old man's hard work to explain the computer without the device directly to his students.

Akoto is a teacher of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at Betenase M / A Junior High School in the city of Sekyedomase, approximately two and a half hours drive to the north of the second city in Ghana, Kumasi. autodesk

The school has not had a computer since 2011. Sadly, children aged 14 and 15 at the school are expected to pass the national ICT exam, which is one of its subjects.

If they fail to graduate, then they cannot continue to high school or high school.

To help his students, Akoto always draws Microsoft Office Word in the classroom.

"This is not the first time I drew it. I always do it in class. I like uploading pictures to Facebook because I really like them. I don't know this will get the attention of many people like now," said Akoto who had been a teacher at the school for six year.

The man, who has the name "Owura Kwadwo Hottish" on Facebook and Twitter, is now being talked about on the internet.

His photo shows the irony and happiness of life in Africa, but also a source of inspiration for people in the technology community in the region.

The photos of Akoto suddenly became more popular after the popular Ghanaian comedian who was also a teacher, distributed them to 140,000 fans on Facebook. Until finally, the photo was viral and attracted the attention of international media and technology fans in Africa.

The story of Akoto and his students also reached Microsoft. The software giant promised to give a device to Akoto to facilitate the teaching and learning process.

Akoto itself actually has a personal laptop, but it is not used because its features are different from the official syllabus that must be taught to its students.

Written exams depend on the student's ability to remember what is in the syllabus. Because of these limitations, only one student received an A grade last year.

"People in Accra (the capital city of Ghana) will pass the exam. You can't compare someone who is in front of the computer, know what he did to the mouse , with someone who had never felt a computer mouse before," said Akoto.