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President John Dramani Mahama says that government will construct ten satellite campuses to make communication and information dissemination easier in tertiary schools in the country. Delivering his maiden State of the Nation�s address to the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic, he pledged his government�s commitment to tackling the challenges the education sector is grappling with in order to meet the educational demands on government. He promised to enhance the training of more teachers and provide them with incentives which will boost teaching and learning in schools. He stated that his government will implement a distance education programme for teachers in order to address the unemployment situation in the country. Addressing the nation, President Mahama pledged to expand the on-going school feeding programme to all public basic schools in rural communities and also added that under his tenure, schools under trees will be fully eliminated so as to provide high quality education. He further reiterated that government will construct 200 Senior High Schools across the country to resolve the problems confronting second cycle institutions. He also stated that he will ensure that ten public polytechnics in the nation are upgraded into full-fledged technical Universities and also promised to enact a bill that will see in construction a new University in the Eastern Region to address the challenges in the education sector. His government, he noted, will continue the distribution of free laptops, school uniforms and exercise books to public schools and students. Government will further equip the visually and hearing impaired with essential devices to aid them in teaching and learning. President Mahama called on religious bodies and communities to partner government in improving the education sector of the economy.