BTU trained staff on usage of digital tools for record management

Anthony Adongo Apubeo

Bolgatanga, Feb 3, GNA – The Administrative staff of the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) in the Upper East Region have undergone training on how to use digital tools for record management and the use of email as official communication in their work.

The training workshop was funded by Global Affairs Canada and administered through the Youth Challenge International (YCI) under the Partner Innovation Fund.

The project under the theme, “Addressing the digital literacy skills gap among BTU staff and students”, aimed at automating office practices to reduce administrative cost.

Additionally, the training also aims to ensure anonymous assessment of lecturers’ performance and feedback to help improve upon their output.

In all, 30 Administrative Staff made up of 20 females and 10 males were equipped with the digital tools for record management and use of email as official communication.

They were also equipped with Data management skills and how to use digital skills to analyze large volumes of data to make data-driven decisions.

Addressing the participants at the ceremony, which was organised on the main campus of BTU, Sumbrungu, Mrs Joana Rita Tembil, the Human Resource Director of BTU, said there was low digital literacy skills and knowledge on record management systems in the school.

She said the training would help equip the Administrative Staff with the needed digital literacy skills, stressing that “Technology innovation is considered as the magic ingredient that triggers, inspires, and enables organisations to sustain and develop”.

Professor Peter Osei Boamah, the Pro-Vice Chancellor of BTU, expressed gratitude to the funding agency and entreated the Administrative Staff to put the knowledge acquired to good use to help promote the growth of the University.

He reiterated that record keeping and management was crucial to the University and noted that with the training acquired the challenges associated with record keeping of the institution would be a thing of the past.

Professor Daniel Azerikatoa Ayoung, the Project lead, explained that one of the aims of the project is to close the skills gap of digital literacy skills to enhance organisation efficiencies and effectiveness which, he said falls under the Sustainable Development Goal four.

Mr Emmanuel Azure, the University’s Quality Assurance Officer, expressed his delight in the project’s goal to achieve gender parity in digital skills.

GNA