The Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion (MoE) says over the last 3 years it has dis­trib­uted a to­tal of 71,000 lap­tops and tablets to stu­dents and teach­ers through­out Trinidad.

The MoE says to­day its dis­tri­b­u­tion of eight thou­sand (8000) lap­tops to prin­ci­pals for both stu­dents and teach­ers in their re­spec­tive schools com­menced.

It said this dis­tri­b­u­tion process con­tin­ues un­til Mon­day Sep­tem­ber 18th, 2023, dur­ing which time, prin­ci­pals of over 500 Pri­ma­ry and Sec­ondary Schools are sched­uled to col­lect de­vices.

Dr Nyan Gads­by – Dol­ly, speak­ing on the dis­tri­b­u­tion said, “In to­day’s learn­ing en­vi­ron­ment a dig­i­tal de­vice is a nec­es­sary tool to sup­port aca­d­e­m­ic suc­cess. Dig­i­tal ac­cess is a crit­i­cal thread in the fab­ric of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s ed­u­ca­tion­al trans­for­ma­tion.”

The Min­istry says par­ents are re­mind­ed that de­vices are dis­trib­uted on the ba­sis of pass­ing a Means Test, which re­mains ac­ces­si­ble on the MOE’s web­site.

The Min­istry says it con­tin­ues to process re­quests from par­ents on an on­go­ing ba­sis, and will pro­vide de­vices to el­i­gi­ble stu­dents based on avail­able sup­plies.