Primary school teachers to get tablets

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be providing approximately 300 tablet computers to teachers in primary schools as part of efforts to assist them with lesson plan preparations.

This was disclosed by Chief Education Officer Dr Grace McLean, who indicated that the teachers would soon be able to go online and download a whole series of lesson plans.

Additionally, she said that they would be able to submit these plans to principals and administrators, electronically.

"Integration training will be held for teachers, and integration specialists will be provided to assist you to use a lesson plan template on a tablet," she added.

McLean was speaking at the ministry's Region Five Parent Sensitisation Session at Bishop Gibson High School in Mandeville, Manchester, earlier this week.