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Paulwell disappointed with progress of Tablets in Schools Programme

From Jamaica Observer · () English

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  • Jamaican lawmaker Phillip Paulwell said he was disappointed by delays in the Tablets in Schools Programme, which aims to provide primary students with tablets and high school students with laptops.
  • Paulwell said the programme has not yet met its goal of giving Jamaican students access to equipment that would place them on an equal footing with students elsewhere.

Jamaican lawmaker Phillip Paulwell said he is disappointed with the progress of the Tablets in Schools Programme, which was designed to improve students’ learning conditions.

Speaking at a back-to-school ceremony in his Kingston East and Port Royal constituency, where laptops were distributed to Primary Exit Profile students, Paulwell said schools must receive the necessary equipment more quickly.

I’m disappointed because 21 years ago, I established the Universal Service Fund and that fund was to enable Jamaicans to have full access to the internet [at] low cost. It was to enable every single student in primary schools and we started this with a tablets-in-school pilot project in 2015. But we wanted to make sure that every single primary school student would have a tablet computer.

· Phillip PaulwellPaulwell explained why he believes the education technology programme has fallen short.

“I’m disappointed because 21 years ago, I established the Universal Service Fund and that fund was to enable Jamaicans to have full access to the internet [at] low cost. It was to enable every single student in primary schools and we started this with a tablets-in-school pilot project in 2015. But we wanted to make sure that every single primary school student would have a tablet computer,” he said.

He added, “So when we developed this project in 2005. That was the aim to ensure that Jamaican students could be on par with any student elsewhere, Japan, the US and so on. So I’m disappointed that we have not yet fulfilled those objectives that were set.”

So when we developed this project in 2005. That was the aim to ensure that Jamaican students could be on par with any student elsewhere, Japan, the US and so on. So I’m disappointed that we have not yet fulfilled those objectives that were set.

· Phillip PaulwellHe described the programme’s original goal of providing Jamaican students with comparable access to technology.
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