Minister of Education, Youth and Information Fayval Williams (left), accepts a tablet from Charge d’Affaires, United States Embassy in Jamaica, John McIntyre, on Tuesday (February 2), at the Ministry, at Heroes Circle, in Kingston, after accepting samples of computers to be distributed among 10 schools.
The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID, has so far donated approximately 2,000 tablets and laptop devices to the Ministry of Education for distribution to students in need under the One Laptop or Tablet per Child Initiative.
On Tuesday (February 2, 2021) 300 tablets and 10 laptops were formally handed over by Chargé d’Affaires, United States Embassy in Jamaica, John McIntyre at the offices of the ministry, at Heroes Circle in Kingston.
The 200.6 kilometres that separate Kingston from Hanover was far from being a deterrent to Nadienne Crossman, the principal of Mount Peto Primary School. “Some persons would say the drive is long, but it’s the least I could do,” she said as she prepared to exit the grounds of Kingston College on North Street last Wednesday, where the RuJohn Foundation had set up camp to distribute much-needed supplies to students across several primary-level institutions.
Mount Peto Primary School is one of eight schools sponsored by the foundation. The other institutions are: Unity Primary in Westmoreland, New Day Preparatory in St James, Copper Basic School in St Catherine and the Kingston-based Ananda Marga Kinder-Preparatory, Franklyn Town Primary, and Trench Town Primary and Operation Restoration Christian School. Kingston College is also a benefactor.