Students are using tablets to watch pornography- Education Minister

Minister of Education Haruna Iddrisu has voiced concern following reports that some students are using government-issued tablets to access non-academic content, including pornography.

Addressing Parliament on Thursday, November 27, the minister disclosed that about 980,000 of the 1.3 million tablets distributed to Senior High Schools nationwide have yet to be fully customised to limit access to strictly educational material.
“I inherited a contract with about 337 million US dollars, where some 1.3 million tablets were to be distributed across the country to all free senior high schools in the country so that learners can have access to digital tools. I’m told that the deployment of that is around 980,000,” he said.

Iddrisu noted that many of the devices remain unsecured, allowing students to use them for purposes outside academic work.

“My attention was drawn to the fact that many of the devices are not customised and the students are using them for other purposes, including pornography, which is not acceptable,” he stated.

He assured Parliament that the government views the issue seriously and will tighten restrictions to ensure the tablets are used solely for learning.