The distribution of some 25,000 tablets to teachers and students under the Tablets in Schools pilot project, got underway yesterday.
180 of the devices were delivered to facilitate training of teachers in seven educational institutions included in the pilot phase.
The devices were delivered by Digicel Jamaica, which is one of four companies contracted to provide the tablets .
The other three companies are Innovative Corporate Solutions, Productive Business Solutions and GeoTech Vision Enterprises.
Groups of teachers will be in training for two-week periods focusing on tablet integration in instructional delivery ahead of the roll-out of the devices to students in September.
Teachers of Chetolah Park Primary School in Kingston were among the first to receive their tablets at the Convent of Mercy Alpha in Kingston. Some 38 educational institutions, including infant, primary, all-age and high schools, a special school and one teachers’ college will receive devices under the project.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Julian Robinson, said the delivery of the tablets marked a critical milestone in the project.
