A member of the Implementation Committee for the One Million Coders Programme, Fred Yeboah, has disclosed that nearly 120,000 Ghanaians have applied for the government’s flagship digital skills initiative as training officially begins across the country.
Speaking on the Joy FM Super Morning Show on Monday, May 11, Mr Yeboah said public interest in the programme has been overwhelming since the application process opened.
Responding to questions about whether the programme had officially commenced and if applications were still being accepted, he revealed that registrations had already reached substantial levels.
“Oh yes. As I speak to you now, we have about 119,896 applications and registrations,” he said.
According to Mr Yeboah, approximately 30,000 applicants have already been admitted into the programme.
“As of yesterday, when we were doing another show, we had around 30,000 people who have been admitted into the programme,” he explained.
He added that participants have already started reporting to training centres nationwide to begin their courses.
“As I speak to you right now, we have programme participants going to all these centres nationwide starting the programme today,” he stated.
Mr Yeboah also confirmed that the application portal remains open and that admissions will continue on a rolling basis following directives from the sector minister and the programme’s implementation committee.
“The portal is still open. With the instruction and direction from the honourable minister and also the committee, we’ve agreed that admissions will be rolling on,” he said.
He explained that the rolling admission system would allow new applicants to enrol as existing participants complete their training programmes.
“We have courses with varied durations. As soon as you complete your course, your spot is freed for another person to jump into the course and then continue,” he noted.
Mr Yeboah further disclosed that the programme is targeting the training of 300,000 people in 2026.
“For this year, our target is 300,000. So we have started the process of training 300,000 for 2026,” he said.
He added that the programme would continue expanding through the addition of more training centres and universities nationwide.
“New centres will be coming on board. We are enrolling additional universities, and they are coming on board. We are still bringing on other centres within the district level,” he stated.
