The Ministry of Education and Youth, through e-Learning Jamaica Limited, will be procuring 42,311 devices for lower primary and secondary students.
Education Minister Fayval Williams, said that eLearning Jamaica has already acquired 11,500 tablets and is preparing to start the distribution to lower secondary-school students in the rural schools across the island.
She said this will help to significantly reduce the digital divide.
Mrs. Williams was speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
